Franklin A. Baker, 73, of 40 Navajo Drive, North Adams, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at the Williamstown Commons Care Center, Williamstown.
He was born in Adams on May 9, 1930, a son of Leon E. and Helen B. Richardson Baker. He attended elementary school and later in life went back to school, graduating from Drury High School in 1963.
He worked for the former Beloit-Jones Co., Dalton, for 17 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was employed with the General Electric Co., Pittsfield, for 10 years, the former New England Lime Co., Adams, for 10 years, and then became an agent for the Prudential Insurance Co., where he worked for five years.
He was a communicant of the Parish of Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs and St. Thomas Aquinas, Adams.
He enjoyed singing and playing his guitar, accompanied by his close friend on the piano, Elsie Leja, and sharing their talent entertaining at local nursing home. He also enjoyed camping, especially at his favorite place, Windsor Jams.
His wife, the former Irene LaBelle, whom he married on May 7, 1949, died Dec. 18, 1995. He leaves three sons, Franklin A. Baker Jr. of Amherst, Ronald Baker of North Adams and Brien Baker of Adams; two daughters, Cindy Harrington of Milford, N.H., and Cathy Gwozdz of Westford, Vt.; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral for Franklin A. Baker will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m., from the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home, 6 Summer St., Adams. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon in Notre Dame Church, Adams, with the Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, pastor of the parishes of Notre Dame, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Stanislaus, Adams.
Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Calling hours at the funeral home are Wednesday, Sept. 24, 4-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boy Scout Troop 38 of Adams through the funeral home.
Published in North Adams Transcript from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, 2003
He was born in Adams on May 9, 1930, a son of Leon E. and Helen B. Richardson Baker. He attended elementary school and later in life went back to school, graduating from Drury High School in 1963.
He worked for the former Beloit-Jones Co., Dalton, for 17 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was employed with the General Electric Co., Pittsfield, for 10 years, the former New England Lime Co., Adams, for 10 years, and then became an agent for the Prudential Insurance Co., where he worked for five years.
He was a communicant of the Parish of Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs and St. Thomas Aquinas, Adams.
He enjoyed singing and playing his guitar, accompanied by his close friend on the piano, Elsie Leja, and sharing their talent entertaining at local nursing home. He also enjoyed camping, especially at his favorite place, Windsor Jams.
His wife, the former Irene LaBelle, whom he married on May 7, 1949, died Dec. 18, 1995. He leaves three sons, Franklin A. Baker Jr. of Amherst, Ronald Baker of North Adams and Brien Baker of Adams; two daughters, Cindy Harrington of Milford, N.H., and Cathy Gwozdz of Westford, Vt.; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral for Franklin A. Baker will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m., from the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home, 6 Summer St., Adams. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon in Notre Dame Church, Adams, with the Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, pastor of the parishes of Notre Dame, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Stanislaus, Adams.
Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Calling hours at the funeral home are Wednesday, Sept. 24, 4-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boy Scout Troop 38 of Adams through the funeral home.
Published in North Adams Transcript from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, 2003
Franklin A. Baker, 73, of 40 Navajo Drive, North Adams, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at the Williamstown Commons Care Center, Williamstown.
He was born in Adams on May 9, 1930, a son of Leon E. and Helen B. Richardson Baker. He attended elementary school and later in life went back to school, graduating from Drury High School in 1963.
He worked for the former Beloit-Jones Co., Dalton, for 17 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was employed with the General Electric Co., Pittsfield, for 10 years, the former New England Lime Co., Adams, for 10 years, and then became an agent for the Prudential Insurance Co., where he worked for five years.
He was a communicant of the Parish of Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs and St. Thomas Aquinas, Adams.
He enjoyed singing and playing his guitar, accompanied by his close friend on the piano, Elsie Leja, and sharing their talent entertaining at local nursing home. He also enjoyed camping, especially at his favorite place, Windsor Jams.
His wife, the former Irene LaBelle, whom he married on May 7, 1949, died Dec. 18, 1995. He leaves three sons, Franklin A. Baker Jr. of Amherst, Ronald Baker of North Adams and Brien Baker of Adams; two daughters, Cindy Harrington of Milford, N.H., and Cathy Gwozdz of Westford, Vt.; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral for Franklin A. Baker will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m., from the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home, 6 Summer St., Adams. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon in Notre Dame Church, Adams, with the Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, pastor of the parishes of Notre Dame, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Stanislaus, Adams.
Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Calling hours at the funeral home are Wednesday, Sept. 24, 4-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boy Scout Troop 38 of Adams through the funeral home.
Published in North Adams Transcript from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, 2003
He was born in Adams on May 9, 1930, a son of Leon E. and Helen B. Richardson Baker. He attended elementary school and later in life went back to school, graduating from Drury High School in 1963.
He worked for the former Beloit-Jones Co., Dalton, for 17 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was employed with the General Electric Co., Pittsfield, for 10 years, the former New England Lime Co., Adams, for 10 years, and then became an agent for the Prudential Insurance Co., where he worked for five years.
He was a communicant of the Parish of Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs and St. Thomas Aquinas, Adams.
He enjoyed singing and playing his guitar, accompanied by his close friend on the piano, Elsie Leja, and sharing their talent entertaining at local nursing home. He also enjoyed camping, especially at his favorite place, Windsor Jams.
His wife, the former Irene LaBelle, whom he married on May 7, 1949, died Dec. 18, 1995. He leaves three sons, Franklin A. Baker Jr. of Amherst, Ronald Baker of North Adams and Brien Baker of Adams; two daughters, Cindy Harrington of Milford, N.H., and Cathy Gwozdz of Westford, Vt.; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral for Franklin A. Baker will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m., from the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home, 6 Summer St., Adams. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon in Notre Dame Church, Adams, with the Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, pastor of the parishes of Notre Dame, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Stanislaus, Adams.
Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Calling hours at the funeral home are Wednesday, Sept. 24, 4-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boy Scout Troop 38 of Adams through the funeral home.
Published in North Adams Transcript from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, 2003
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