Emma Orissa (Reynolds) Baker (1860-1931)

REYNOLDS, BAKER, HIBBARD, LAMBERTON, HILTON

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:12

From Nevada Evening Journal March 20, 1931 (page 1)

MRS. IRA BAKER DEAD; FUNERAL SATURDAY

NEVADA WOMAN PASSED AWAY AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, AT MADISON

Mrs. Ira Baker, 69, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Hibbard at Madison, Wisconsin, according to word received by her younger son David Baker.

The body will arrive here today and funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Bishop Funeral home, followed by interment at the Nevada cemetery by the died of her husband who passed away about three years ago. The service will be in charge of Rev. Lawton of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Mrs. Baker had been ill for several months in a hospital at Madison, but had been taken to the home of her daughter where she spent the final weeks of her life and where she passed away yesterday.

She leaves four daughters and two sons. The daughters are Margaret, wife of Benjamin Hibbard and Miss Helen Baker, the latter a nurse in the Wisconsin General hospital, both of Madison; Esther, wife of Edward Lamberton of St. Paul and Lois, wife of James Hilton of Lafayette, Indiana. The sons are Guy Baker of Spencer, who is the eldest of the children and David C. Baker of Nevada, the youngest of the family. She also leaves one brother, Dr. Reynolds of Mingo, Iowa.

The Baker family came to Nevada probably 15 years ago, when Mr. Baker engaged in the implement business here. They built a home and lived at the corner of Main and M avenue here. The husband passed away about three years ago.

Mrs. Baker was a woman of superior talent and of very fine character. She was a member of the P. E. O. organization, affiliating with the local chapter upon moving here from Rockwell City.