BAKER, John E.

BAKER, KATUIN, CAREW, PETERSON, LARSON, PEDELTY, NEWHOUSE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/5/2016 at 12:59:44

Obituary ~ John E. Baker
April 28, 1929 ~ February 03, 1996

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
February 05, 1996

John E. Baker, 66, of 827 15th St. S.E., Mason City, went to be with the Lord on Saturday (Feb. 3, 1996) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center West.

Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Major-Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Larry Squier of First Christian Church, Clear Lake, officiating. Interment will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery Columbarium at a later date.

There will be no visitation, the body was cremated. Major-Erickson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The family suggests memorials to the John E. Baker Memorial Fund.

John E. Baker was born April 28, 1929, the son of Peter Baker and Tillie (Katuin) Baker Peterson, at Camp Douglas, Wis. John grew up on a farm near Crystal Lake and attended Crystal Lake schools. John then lived in California and ran a swimming pool business for 30 years. He returned to Mason City in 1985 and was the owner and operator of Larry's Radiator, which later became J & M Radiator. John loved to hunt, ride motorcycles, and especially his grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Baker of Mason City; one daughter, Diane Carew and her husband, Steven of Clive; two grandsons, Russell and Brian Carew; one son from a previous marriage, Arnold Baker and his son and daughter of Independence, Mo.; his mother, Tillie Peterson of Crystal Lake; one brother, Alan Baker of Forest City; one sister, Anne Larson of Buffalo Center; special mother-in-law, Henrietta Pedelty of Mason City; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Peter; step-father, Walter Peterson; one brother-in-law, Andrew Larson; and a grand-nephew, Steven Newhouse.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2016