Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Baker died Nov 24, 1924

BAKER, MEEK

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 4/8/2003 at 05:21:08

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924

AGED KEOKUK COUPLE BURNED IN THEIR HOME

Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Baker, two of Keokuk's most prominent people of the older generation, lost their lives when their large home was damaged by fire early Monday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Baker were alone in the house, except for servants in distant quarters. The fire was discovered about 4 a. m. and by the time rescuers reached the aged couple they had been asphixiated [sic] by the smoke. How the fire started has not been learned, or the exact extent of it.

Mr. Baker was one of Keokuk's wealthiest citizens, and the father of E. Ross Baker, whose wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Meek of Bonaparte. The Bakers are well known to many Bonaparte and Van Buren county people who will learn with sincere regret of the tragic termination of the lives of these people.

(Photocopy of this obit found on page 177 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in Jan 2001. Name of newspaper not given.)

I am NOT related and am posting this obit for those who may find this person in their family history.

[Original post 23 Jan 2001]