John Douglas BAKER

BAKER, NELSON, DAVIS, NELLIS, EBEL, LINEWEAVER, GREENWOOD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/24/2006 at 00:20:17

John Douglas Baker, 75, of Spencer, died Thursday, May 30, 2002, at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services were held Monday, June 3, at the First Congregational Church of Spencer with Rev. Thomas Van Tassell and Rev. Martha Rogers officiating. John "Jack" Baker, the son of Glenn Curtis and Huda Sophia (Nelson) Baker, was born May 5, 1927 in Belmond. He graduated from Belmond High School. He served with the U.S. Navy during WW II as a ship's clerk from 1944 until his honorable discharge in 1946. He then went to Iowa State and graduated with a degree in veterinary medicine. He worked in Klemme, Ames, Kansas City, Missouri, and Denver, Colorado, before moving to Spencer in 1984. He worked as a veterinarian at DVM Supply until his retirement. Jack married Jacqueline Davis on June 6, 1987, in Spencer. He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Spencer; was active as a member of the Kiwanis, American Legion, V.F.W., Masonic Lodge, American Veterinarian Medical Association, Lion's Club and Toastmasters. He also taught school.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, one sister, two brothers, and an infant brother. Jack is survived by his wife, Jacqueline of Spencer; one son, Barry Baker of Carson City, Nevada; two daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and John Nellis of Kansas City, Kansas; Jill and Roy Ebel of Rockwall, Texas; two stepsons, Cole Lineweaver and his wife Julie of Arnolds Park, Eric Lineweaver and his wife Tammy of Milford; one brother and sister-in-law, Glenn "Bus" and Dorothy Baker of Colorado Springs, Colorado; one sister, Jean Greenwood of Belmond; and eight grandchildren.

June 04, 2002
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