Alva Baker
Born: February 28, 1879 Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: April 25, 1961 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 53, plot 4
Lot Owner: Mrs. C. M. Baker (Ellen Peacock), purchased in 1881
Married: Mabel S. Shull on October 26, 1904 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Margaret
Parents: Charles M. and Ellen (Peacock) Baker
Veteran: Lieutenant in Company L. Fifty-Fourth Iowa Regiment of the Iowa Militia, 1898
Alva Baker, 82, Dies at Home; Services Friday
Alva Baker, 82, of 213 East 4th St. South, a lifelong resident of Newton, died at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Toland funeral home.
The Rev. Arthur V. Long, minister of the First Methodist church; will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove cemetery.
Mr. Baker is survived by his wife; a daughter, Margaret Baker of Newton, Jasper county recorder; and a sister, Mrs. Dora Jennison of Beverly Hills, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and two brothers.
Mr. Baker was a charter member of the Palo Alto Grange.
The son of Charles and Ellen Peacock Baker, he was born February 28, 1879 in Newton.
He was married October 26, 1904 at the country home of his mother, Mrs. Ellen Baker, in Sherman township to Mabel E. Shull. They observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1954.
Mr. Baker farmed until 1916 when he moved to Newton. He was an employee of the Vernon Co. for 17 years, retiring in December 1958.
Mr. Baker served as a lieutenant in Company L. Fifty-Fourth Iowa Regiment of the Iowa Militia around 1900. ~ The Newton Daily News, April 26, 1961.
Mabel S. (Shull) Baker
Born: May 15, 1882 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: September 19, 1967 in Des Moines, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 53, plot 3
Lot Owner: Mrs. C. M. Baker (Ellen Peacock), purchased in 1881
Married: Alva Baker on October 26, 1904 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Margaret
Parents: James and Fannie Bartholomew Shull
Mrs. Alva Baker Services Friday; Dies on Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Alva (Mabel E.) Baker, 85, of 213 E. Fourth St. S., a lifelong resident of Jasper County, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Toland Funeral Home.
Dr. Edwin Frohardt, minister of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Rebekah services will be conducted by the Margaret Rebekah Lodge No. 237 at the funeral home.
Survivors are a daughter, Margaret; three brothers, Will Shull of Ames, Harvey Shull of Oskaloosa and Otto Shull of Portland, Ore; and a sister, Mrs. E. H. Cutler of Waterloo.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband April 23, 1961; two brothers; and a sister.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the First Methodist Church, a charter member of the Palo Alto Grange, a 65-year member of the Margaret Rebekah Lodge No. 237 and a member of the Past Noble Grands.
The daughter of James and Fannie Bartholomew Shull, was born May 15, 1882, near Newton.
She was married to Alva Baker Oct. 26, 1904, in Newton.
The family lived on the Baker farm near Newton for a number of years before moving to Newton.
Mrs. Baker died Tuesday evening at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines after suffering a heart attack. ~ The Newton Daily News, September 21, 1967.