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Jesse M. Baer

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Jesse M. Baer

Birth
Cress, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Oct 1981 (aged 76)
Quincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Jesse M. Baer, 76, of 345 Antietam Drive, died at 7:15 p.m. Thursday in the Quincy
United Methodist Home. He has been in failing health since July and was admitted to the nursing home a month ago. He was bom at Cress Station, Washington Township, Oct 25, 1904, son of the late J. Henry and Katie (Jacobs) Baer. His early life was lived at the family home where he and his brother, the late Raymond Baer, operated Baer Brothers' Mill as a partnership until 1939. In 1939, he purchased the Anson Good and Son coal business and in 1947 started the Baer Fuel Oil business. He sold the coal business in 1951 and continued to operate the fuel oil company until his retirement in 1960, when the business was sold to Norman Peiffer. He and Mrs. Baer were married in September, 1926, and had lived at the present residence for the past 16 years. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. A .Evelyne (Shockey) Baer, he is survived by a son, J. Robert
Baer, Amsterdam Road, two grandchildren, and two sisters: Mrs. Maurice McClain, Old
Route 16, and Mrs. Arthur Rinehart, Wayne Heights.

The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Grove Funeral Home, in charge of the
Rev. Guy R Buch. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.

Record Herald, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Friday, October 9th, 1981.
Jesse M. Baer, 76, of 345 Antietam Drive, died at 7:15 p.m. Thursday in the Quincy
United Methodist Home. He has been in failing health since July and was admitted to the nursing home a month ago. He was bom at Cress Station, Washington Township, Oct 25, 1904, son of the late J. Henry and Katie (Jacobs) Baer. His early life was lived at the family home where he and his brother, the late Raymond Baer, operated Baer Brothers' Mill as a partnership until 1939. In 1939, he purchased the Anson Good and Son coal business and in 1947 started the Baer Fuel Oil business. He sold the coal business in 1951 and continued to operate the fuel oil company until his retirement in 1960, when the business was sold to Norman Peiffer. He and Mrs. Baer were married in September, 1926, and had lived at the present residence for the past 16 years. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. A .Evelyne (Shockey) Baer, he is survived by a son, J. Robert
Baer, Amsterdam Road, two grandchildren, and two sisters: Mrs. Maurice McClain, Old
Route 16, and Mrs. Arthur Rinehart, Wayne Heights.

The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Grove Funeral Home, in charge of the
Rev. Guy R Buch. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.

Record Herald, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Friday, October 9th, 1981.


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  • Created by: Bonnie Smith
  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46105305/jesse_m-baer: accessed ), memorial page for Jesse M. Baer (25 Oct 1904–8 Oct 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46105305, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Bonnie Smith (contributor 46981648).