Baker, Jack 1917-1990

BAKER, ESHLEMAN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/14/2015 at 16:57:45

Hawarden Independent March 15, 1990

Jack Baker, 72, of Hawarden, died Friday, March 9, in a hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Memorial services were Tuesday, March 13, in Porter-Dow Funeral Home, in Hawarden. Pastor Karla Kirkeby officiated.

Mr. Baker was born June 20, 1917, in Colorado Springs, CO. He grew up in Akron and graduated from Akron High School. On July 26, 1940, he married Mildred Eshleman in Sioux City. He owned and operated a road grading service and farmed with his father in the Akron area. He married Vera Tank, in October, 1968. The couple made their home in Hawarden. She died in February 1989. Mr. Baker was a member of the United Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge while living in Akron.

Survivors include two sons, Scott, of Chicago, and Jeff of Sarasota, FL; a daughter, Mrs. Daycleth (Pam) Walker, of Sioux Falls; a brother, Slade Baker, of Mankato, MN; a sister, Mrs. T.R. (Barbara) Burnight, of Mound, MN; a step-sister, Mrs. Don (Dorothy) Kratochvil, of Brookings, SD; and a grandson, Alec Baker, of Chicago