Charles Wilbert "Bert" Baker
Born: August 1, 1871 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: February 12, 1940 in Sherman Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 49, plot 1
Lot Owner: Mary Baker, purchased in 1940
Married: Bertha Miller on February 9, 1897 in Jasper Co., Iowa1
Child: Infant died in birth with mother
Married: Bertha Bair on February 1, 1903 at Newton Jasper Co., Iowa2
Children: Lena Toedt, born 19043, Mrs. Clarence Brockway, and Everett
Married: Mary Goodwin Starr
Parents: William and Mary Ramsay Baker
Obituary - Charles W. Baker
Charles Wilbert Baker, 68-year-old Sherman Township farmer, died at his home about 4:00 o'clock Monday morning after a two weeks' illness.
A lifelong resident of Sherman township, he was born Aug. 1, 1871, near Newton, the son of William and Mary Baker. He was united in marriage to Mary Starr.
Surviving relatives are his widow, and three children, Mrs. Leo Toedt of Baxter, Mrs. Clarence Brockway of Waterloo and Everett Baker of Colfax; also three step children, Mrs. Harry Stinson of Des Moines, Miss Ethel Starr of Des Moines, and Mrs. Russell Kintz of Colfax, a sister, Mrs. Lena Thornton of San Diego, Cal., and two brothers, Harry of Colfax and George of Newton.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Murdoch funeral home. Interment was made in the Metz cemetery.
All grangers of the Oak Ridge community met at the Newton National bank at 1:30 o'clock to attend the funeral services in a body. ~ Jasper County Record, February 15, 1940, page 7, column 5.
Mary A. (Goodwin) Starr Baker
Born: December 17, 18794/18805 at Rhodes, Marshall Co., Iowa
Died: August 26, 1961 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa4
Buried: Lot 49, plot 2
Lot Owner: Mary Baker, purchased in 1940
Married: Frank Starr 6
Children: Mrs. Russell Kintz, Ethel Starr, Mrs. Harry Stinson
Married: Charles W. Baker in 1922
Parents: James and Ellen Morrisay Goodwin5
Mrs. Bert Baker Dies Saturday;
Services Monday
COLFAX --Funeral services for Mrs. Bert (Mary Adel) Baker, 80, a longtime resident of Colfax, were held this morning at the Colfax Christian Church.
The Rev. Neville G. Clayton, minister of the church, conducted the services. Burial was in Sugar Grove Cemetery at Metz.
Walters Funeral Home at Colfax was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Baker died Saturday at the Jasper County Home near Newton where she had been a resident for eight weeks.
Mrs. Baker is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Russell Kintz of Colfax; a step-son, Everett Baker of Haverhill; and a step-daughter, Mrs. Ora Buckroyd of Waterloo.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Goodwin, she was born Dec. 17, 1880 at Rhodes.
Prior to her marriage to Bert Baker in 1922, she was a telephone operator at Baxter for five years. ~ The Newton Daily News, August 28, 1961.
1. Jasper Co. Marriage Record
2. Obituary of Bertha Bair Baker who is buried at Newton Union Cemetery, Newton Iowa
3. Newton Union Cemetery On-line listing of burials
4. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 4, page 296
5. Colfax Funeral Home Record, Book 4 1955-1962, Page 245, located on Jasper County GenWeb site
6. Iowa State Census, 1925. Sherman Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa lists Ethel's father as Frank.