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Baker, Douglas M. 1920 - 1992

BAKER, JENSEN, HARVEY

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/24/2010 at 13:02:48

Douglas M. Baker

Douglas M. Baker, 72, of Merrill, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 1992, at his home.

Services were Wednesday at St. John Lutheran church in Merrill, with Rev. Frank Philipp officiating. Burial was in Hillside cemetery, Merrill, under direction of Mauer- Johnson Funeral home, Le Mars.

Mr. Baker was born Jan. 15, 1920, in Merrill, the son of Frank E and Matie E. (Jensen) Baker. He graduated from Merrill High School in 1938 and attended college at Missoula, Mont. He graduated from Mira Loma Flight Academy with honors. He served in the army air force during World War II as a pilot and flew out of Merced and Lancaster, Calif. He attained the rank of second lieutenant. He married Patricia Ann Harvey Dec. 7, 1973, in Sioux Falls. He was district manager for Moorman's Feeds and was in feed sales for many years. He most recently had worked for Fedder's Marine and RV and Wal Mart in Le Mars. Mr. Baker was a member of St. John Lutheran church in Merrill and had served on the church council. He had served on the Merrill city council and was a member of Oleson-Halweg Post 125, American Legion of Merrill.

Survivors include his wife; two sisters, Wilma Zemke and Lois Sutton, both of Le Mars; a brother, Francis "Ike" Baker, and his wife, Marian, of Merrill; two daughters, Lisa Brown and her husband, Gary, of Le Mars and Lori Coffin and her husband, Byron, of Omaha; two adopted children, Jan Lawrence of Merrill and Mick Lawrence of Missouri Valley; three grandchildren, Nicolas Brown and Ashley and Kara Coffin; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Robert; and a grandson, Zachary Douglas Brown Nov. 1, 1991.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, February 13, 1992
Akron, Iowa


 

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