Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1921-05-05
BELOVED CITIZEN
ANSWERS GALL
GEORGE w. BAKER


in Portland, Ore, Saturday after
noon, April 80, at 10 minutes o
three o'clock. Mr. Baker suffered ;
breakdown last fall from valvula
heart trouble and began to fail rapid
ly during the winter. The end cam
at the home of his son, Malcolm D
Baker, in Portland, where he has
been taken from Payette about tn
middle of March in the hope that hi
health would be benefited by the
change of altitude. It was, howeye.
of no avail as he grew steadily weak
er in his unequal fight with dealt
and it had been realized for som
time that he had practically nc
chance for recovery.
At his bedside when the end came
, of his immediate family, were his
A>yife, who had accompanied him tc
Portland, his son, Malcolm, of tha'
city, and his daughter, Mrs. Ear.
Venable, of Payette. The sad new
was brought to Payette in tele.
gram Saturday afternoon to Mr.. Ven
able, who left that afternoon foI
Portland. Mr.. Baker leaves also il
this city to mourn his loss a sister
Mrs. D. w. Ainey.
Funeral services were conducted
in Portland Tuesday afternoon at
two o'clock, from the home of the
son, by DR.. w. =. HrIsLp, pastor u
the East Side Baptist Church of that
city. Interment was in Mount Scott
Cemetery, Portland. !
George w. Baker was born at New
Castle, Green County, Indiana, Au
gust 8, 1S49. AS small boy he
moved with his parents to Jasper
County, Iowa, and in that state he
spent many years of his useful and
active life April 16, 1873, he was
united in marriage with Miss Abbie |
NJ. Ellis, in Polk County, Iowa, the |
devoted wife who watched at his
bedside only two weeks before he
died, upon their fOrty-eighth wed |
ding anniversary. To this long and /
happy union were born six sons and |
one daughter, all of whom survive /
except the second son, Charles F. |
who died in infsncy. The living are:
Claude NJ, of Chicago, ILL.,; Ward E.,
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Malcolm D..
of Portland, Ore; George A, of San
Antonio, Texas; Kate E. Venable, of I
.Bayette, Idaho, and Dwight s., OF
San Francisco, Calf Besides his
sister, Mrs. D. w. Ainey, of Payette,
Mr.. Baker also leaves a brother, w.
H. Baker, of Des Moines, Iowa.
Twenty-seven years of his life Mr..
Baker resided in Des Moines, Iowa,
where he was prominent in business
and financial circles. To Des Moines
he brought his young wife early in
their married life and in that city all
of their children were born. He was
for a number of years cashier of the
Capital City State Bank of Des
Moines and was later treasurer of
the iowa DullullS N L-Oebll <hoSONAN I
ton there. He was also active in
church work in Des Moines. In his
early manhood he became a member
of the East Des Moines Baptist
Church and was for many years su
perintendent of its Sunday school.
Later upon coming to Payette, he
was oetively affiliated with the Bap>
tit11iurch of this city and for con.
ciderable time superintendent of the
Sunday school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker with their
daughter, who was later married
here, and their youngest son, Dwight
came to Payette in March, 1902.
Here they had since resided with the
exceptin of four years spent at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and year at Wendell;
Idaho They returned to Payette in
March of last year from Wendell,
Sfter five years absence, and Mr..
Baker again became connected with
the First National Bank of this city
with which institution before return
ing to Iowa in 1915 he had for
several years held the position of as,
sistant cashier.
1t is rarely that death has so
grieved a whole community as has
the passing of George w. Baker
Words are sometimes used loosely
but it is not too much to say of him
that he was loved not only by his
family and immediate friends but by
his business associates and all who
came within the circle of his influ
ence. The reason is not far to seek
because the name of George w. Bak-
or must be written high among those
who have loved their fellow men. I.
Blessed with splendid health until