Baker, Mary Starr (Goodwin) 1881-1961

BAKER, ADEL, KINTZ, BUCKROYD, GOODWIN

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 2/3/2005 at 09:33:17

Mrs. Bert Baker Dies Saturday; Services Monday

COLFAX --Funeral services for Mrs. Bert (Mary Adel) Baker, 80, a longtime resident of Colfax, were held this morning at the Colfax Christian Church.

The Rev. Neville G. Clayton, minister of the church, conducted the services. Burial was in Sugar Grove Cemetery at Metz.

Walters Funeral Home at Colfax was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Baker died Saturday at the Jasper County Home near Newton where she had been a resident for eight weeks. Mrs. Baker is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Russell Kintz of Colfax; a step-son, Everett Baker of Haverhill; and a step-daughter, Mrs. Ora Buckroyd of Waterloo.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Goodwin, she was born Dec. 17, 1880 at Rhodes.

Prior to her marriage to Bert Baker in 1922, she was a telephone operator at Baxter for five years. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, August 28, 1961