Richard A. BAKER

BAKER, DAVIS, TRAVIS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/25/2006 at 11:22:52

Service for Richard A. Baker, 84, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Mr. Baker, who died Tuesday, was born in Eagle Grove, Iowa. He grew up in Grays Harbor, Wash., and came to Spokane in 1936. In 1939, he married June Travis in Coeur d'Alene. He worked as an electrician for the oil refinery in Hillyard and then coowned and operated a service station and garage in Trentwood from 1946 until 1975, when he retired. He was a member of the Chewelah Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Virginia Davis of Gig Harbor, Wash.; and two grandsons.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children.

Spokesman-Review, The (Spokane, WA)
December 20, 1996