From The Florence Gause Collection
1961
T.A.
Baker,
Services are set 2 p.m. Saturday in St. John’s
Lutheran Church, Celina, for the latte T.A. Baker, 80,522 N Buckeye,
who passed away at his residence this morning, 7:15.
He was born June 12, 1880, in Chattanooga, the
son of the late Jacob and Caroline Bollenbacher Baker.
He was a retired farmer, and had operated the Baker Hardware in
Celina for a number of years.
He married Clara Anselman in 1904 and she
survives together with one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Eulalia) Fox, Celina
and one granddaughter, Mrs. George (Janis) Wilch, whose husband is
pastor of the Washington Township Lutheran Church.
There are four sisters, Mrs. Mary Stuckey, R. 1
Rockford; Mrs. Albert Germann, Celina;
Mrs. Fredona Germann, Convoy and Mrs. M.A. Linn, R. Celina.
Rev. Don Bachman will officiate at the 2 p.m.
services Saturday and burial will follow in North Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at Vale and Stein Funeral Home
after 2 p.m. Friday. The
body will be taken to the church at noon Saturday to lie in state
until time of the rites.