PFC, Co A 640th Tank Destroyer Bn, enlisted Jan 31 1945, discharged Feb 25 1947.
Son of Clarence B. and Bertha Tingley Baker, he married Margaret Hewston, lived at 315 Laurel, Warren, PA, he worked for Albaugh Tree Co, drowned accidentally after falling into the Allegheny River at Warren, per death certificate 52049, whose informant was Mrs. Gus S. Benson of Oil City. Buried May 23 1960.
Franklin News-Herald, Wed, May 25 1960:
Edward L. Baker, 34, of 315 Laurel St., Warren, formerly of Oil City, drowned in a fishing mishap in the Allegheny River May 9. He was born April 14, 1926, in Sunville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Baker.
He attended Franklin public schools, was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater, had worked for Asplundh Tree Company of Warren, and was currently unemployed.
He is survived by five children, Edward Lee Jr., William J., Sherry Lynn, Raymond E., and Vicki Ann; three sisters, Mrs. George R. Carey, Mrs. Gus S. Benson, and Mrs. William H. Porter, all of Oil City; and an aunt, Mrs. Hiram M. Kinsley of Franklin.
A full military funeral was held Monday in Oil City. Burial was in the Oil City area.
Son of Clarence B. and Bertha Tingley Baker, he married Margaret Hewston, lived at 315 Laurel, Warren, PA, he worked for Albaugh Tree Co, drowned accidentally after falling into the Allegheny River at Warren, per death certificate 52049, whose informant was Mrs. Gus S. Benson of Oil City. Buried May 23 1960.
Franklin News-Herald, Wed, May 25 1960:
Edward L. Baker, 34, of 315 Laurel St., Warren, formerly of Oil City, drowned in a fishing mishap in the Allegheny River May 9. He was born April 14, 1926, in Sunville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Baker.
He attended Franklin public schools, was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater, had worked for Asplundh Tree Company of Warren, and was currently unemployed.
He is survived by five children, Edward Lee Jr., William J., Sherry Lynn, Raymond E., and Vicki Ann; three sisters, Mrs. George R. Carey, Mrs. Gus S. Benson, and Mrs. William H. Porter, all of Oil City; and an aunt, Mrs. Hiram M. Kinsley of Franklin.
A full military funeral was held Monday in Oil City. Burial was in the Oil City area.
PFC, Co A 640th Tank Destroyer Bn, enlisted Jan 31 1945, discharged Feb 25 1947.
Son of Clarence B. and Bertha Tingley Baker, he married Margaret Hewston, lived at 315 Laurel, Warren, PA, he worked for Albaugh Tree Co, drowned accidentally after falling into the Allegheny River at Warren, per death certificate 52049, whose informant was Mrs. Gus S. Benson of Oil City. Buried May 23 1960.
Franklin News-Herald, Wed, May 25 1960:
Edward L. Baker, 34, of 315 Laurel St., Warren, formerly of Oil City, drowned in a fishing mishap in the Allegheny River May 9. He was born April 14, 1926, in Sunville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Baker.
He attended Franklin public schools, was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater, had worked for Asplundh Tree Company of Warren, and was currently unemployed.
He is survived by five children, Edward Lee Jr., William J., Sherry Lynn, Raymond E., and Vicki Ann; three sisters, Mrs. George R. Carey, Mrs. Gus S. Benson, and Mrs. William H. Porter, all of Oil City; and an aunt, Mrs. Hiram M. Kinsley of Franklin.
A full military funeral was held Monday in Oil City. Burial was in the Oil City area.
Son of Clarence B. and Bertha Tingley Baker, he married Margaret Hewston, lived at 315 Laurel, Warren, PA, he worked for Albaugh Tree Co, drowned accidentally after falling into the Allegheny River at Warren, per death certificate 52049, whose informant was Mrs. Gus S. Benson of Oil City. Buried May 23 1960.
Franklin News-Herald, Wed, May 25 1960:
Edward L. Baker, 34, of 315 Laurel St., Warren, formerly of Oil City, drowned in a fishing mishap in the Allegheny River May 9. He was born April 14, 1926, in Sunville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Baker.
He attended Franklin public schools, was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater, had worked for Asplundh Tree Company of Warren, and was currently unemployed.
He is survived by five children, Edward Lee Jr., William J., Sherry Lynn, Raymond E., and Vicki Ann; three sisters, Mrs. George R. Carey, Mrs. Gus S. Benson, and Mrs. William H. Porter, all of Oil City; and an aunt, Mrs. Hiram M. Kinsley of Franklin.
A full military funeral was held Monday in Oil City. Burial was in the Oil City area.
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