Raymond Harold Baker (1955)

BAKER, STILL, KROW, TOMLINSON, RABER

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 6/20/2006 at 17:31:00

Winterset Madisonian, January 12, 1955, Pg 1
Winterset, Iowa

FIRST FATALITY FOR 1955 HERE

Wife and Two Children in Car Escape With Minor Injuries

Raymond Harold Baker, age 45, of St. Charles, early Wednesday morning became Madison county's first motor vehicle fatality of the new year.

Baker was killed instantly when a car he was driving skidded on ice and turned over in a grader ditch, about two miles north of Winterset on highway 169. The accident occurred at 2:40 a.m. this Wednesday.

Riding in the car with Baker at the time of the accident were his wife, and two children, 14-year-old Beverly and 18-month-old Raymond Wilfred Baker. The three were rushed to Memorial hospital in Winterset for treatment of shock.

Reports indicate that Mrs. Baker and the two children received no serious injuries, and the boy and girl were released from the hospital Wednesday morning.

Madison county sheriff Rex Rouse and Patrolman Jack Beaman, who investigated the accident, say it apparently was caused by icy conditions of the highway. The car was traveling south towards Winterset when the accident occurred.

In addition to his wife and two children, Mr. Baker is survived by two other daughters. The family has been living on a farm four miles south of Patterson.
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Winterset Madisonian - January 19, 1955

Services were held Saturday from the Richards Funeral home in Winterset for Raymond H. Baker of near St. Charles, who was killed Jan. 12 when his car skidded on the ice and overturned two miles north of Winterset on No. 169.

The Rev. Eldon Haworth of St. Charles conducted the funeral services. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.

Mr. Baker was 45 years of age at his death. He was born at Redfield Aug. 14, 1909, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Baker. He was married Aug. 23, 1934, to Ethel Still. They farmed near Stuart for many years, and for the last 10 years had been living in Madison county.

He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Patricia, Lola, Beverly and Sandra and a son, Raymond, at home; his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Krow of Des Moines; a brother, Wilfred Baker of St. Charles; and two sisters, Mrs. Maudie Tomlinson of Des Moines and Mrs. Leona Raber of Winterset.

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