Baker, Dena (Mrs.Pierre) 1881-1956

BAKER, KRAGT

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/10/2013 at 17:43:12

Last rites held at Rock Valley for Mrs. D. Baker [*nee Kragt].

Funeral services were held at the First Christian Reformed church in Rock Valley Saturday for Mrs. Dena Baker, 75. She died Wednesday at her home in Rock Valley after a long illness. Rev. C. Huissen officiated at the service. Mrs. Baker was born January 31, 1881, in The Netherlands. She came to the United States when she was 12 years old. She had lived in Rock Valley the past 46 years. Her husband, Pierre, died in 1932.

Survivors include a son, John, of Hospers: two daughters, Miss Agnes Baker and Mrs. John Noble, both of Rock Valley; three sisters, Mrs. Gerrit De Bruin of Rock Valley, Mrs. August Katje of Orange City and Mrs. Ring Bergsma of Sheldon; three brothers, Neil Kragt of Sioux City; Peter Kragt of Lynden, Wash., and Jake Kragt of Pease, Minn.; eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Sioux County Capital, Thursday, August 23, 1956 Orange City, Iowa.