Karl Franklin Baker (1896 - 1986)

Born 14 Mar 1896 in Grand River, Decatur, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Thelma Clare (Holtry) Baker — married 15 Jun 1933 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States

Died 13 Apr 1986 at age 90 in Spearfish, South Dakota, United States

Biography

Karl was born in 1896. He is the son of Joseph Baker and Lucy Shields.

Spearfish Daily Queen City Mail, 4/15/1986, provided to me by Linda Graziano who received it from Rapid City Society for Genealogy Research, Rapid City, South Dakota

SPEARFISH -- Services for Karl Franklin Baker, 90, will be Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Fidler Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert Vessey officiating.

Baker had been hospitalized for some time at Fort Meade and recently moved to Dorsett Memorial Home in Spearfish where he died Friday.

Burial will be in Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with military honors by members of American Legion and Auxiliary Post 164 boys and girls all State Program.

Visitation will be at the funeral home until 9:00 p.m. Sunday from 9 a.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.

He was born March 14, 1896, at Grand River, Iowa, to Joseph and Lucy (Shields) Baker. He moved to Missouri, and later to South Dakota, as a child with his parents. On June 24, 1918, he enlisted in the Army and served in Europe during World War I and was honorably discharged June 16, 1919. He returned to South Dakota and established a homestead on the Moeau River in Perkins County. He also worked on various farms and ranches in North Dakota and South Dakota. On June 14, 1933, he married Thelma Holtry at Zeona. The resided there until moving to Spearfish in 1959. He was employed at Beck's Nursery on Evans Lane in Spearfish for several years.

He was a member of VFW Post 5860, American Legion Post 164 and the United Methodist Church.

Sources

1. "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHTJ-PTF : 20 May 2016), Karl Franklin Baker, 14 Mar 1896; citing Grand River, Decatur, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
2. United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KC-Y2M : accessed 30 October 2017), Carl Baker in household of Joseph R Baker, Bloomington & Grand River Townships, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,428.