| Silas S. Baker
Reynolds-Silas Sawyer Baker, 73, died yesterday morning at his home
in Reynolds. Death was due to a heart ailment. He was born Nov. 17,
1869, in Hampton, a son of Leonard F. and Milla W. Baker. He attended
Hampton schools and Port Byron academy, and married Miss Lily Sims Biggs
in Moline, Nov. 17, 1898.
They moved to Reynolds in 1910. Mr. Baker was engaged in the grocery
business until 1937 when he retired. He had been in the grocery business
with his father and brother in Hampton before coming to Reynolds. Mr.
Baker was a member of the Reynolds Methodist church and of the Hampton
Old Timers club which he formerly served as secretary.
Surviving are the widow; a son Leonard, at home; a daughter, Mrs. John
Gauley, Reynolds; two grandsons, Clyde Gauley in the navy at New York,
and Edwin, in high school. He was preceded in death by two daughters,
four sisters and a brother, and was the last member of the L. F. Baker
family of Hampton.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the home
and at 2 o'clock in Reynolds Methodist church. The Rev. J. C. Gearhart
will officiate and burial will be in Hampton cemetery.
(1943)
Note: Died 18 April 1943.
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