NEWTON – Eric Ransom Baber, 78, died Jan. 19, 1991, at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born April 19, 1912, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Carroll Preston and Nelle Spencer Baber. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1928, Emporia State University in 1932, New York University in 1935, and Michigan State University in 1953. A resident of Newton since 1976, he was a retired educational administrator and college professor.
He was a member of the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, founder and trustee of the Baber Trust at Bethany College, trustee of the Graduate School Fellowships in the Fine Arts at Illinois State University, and founder and trustee of the Annual American Library Association’s Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant and the Carroll Preston Baber Library Research Fund at Emporia State University. He served as an administrator in Kansas, California, Michigan, New York, and Illinois. He was a former superintendent at Park Forest, Ill., a United States assistant commissioner of education at Washington, D.C., and was a former professor and director of research services at Illinois State University.
On Sept. 3, 1945, he married Elsie Thrasher at Atlanta. She died Jan. 30, 1989.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersens’ Funeral Home Chapel, Newton, with the Revs. Bill Ester and Henry H. Murray presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Whiting.
Memorials may be sent to Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.
The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas
Monday, January 21, 1991
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He was born April 19, 1912, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Carroll Preston and Nelle Spencer Baber. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1928, Emporia State University in 1932, New York University in 1935, and Michigan State University in 1953. A resident of Newton since 1976, he was a retired educational administrator and college professor.
He was a member of the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, founder and trustee of the Baber Trust at Bethany College, trustee of the Graduate School Fellowships in the Fine Arts at Illinois State University, and founder and trustee of the Annual American Library Association’s Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant and the Carroll Preston Baber Library Research Fund at Emporia State University. He served as an administrator in Kansas, California, Michigan, New York, and Illinois. He was a former superintendent at Park Forest, Ill., a United States assistant commissioner of education at Washington, D.C., and was a former professor and director of research services at Illinois State University.
On Sept. 3, 1945, he married Elsie Thrasher at Atlanta. She died Jan. 30, 1989.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersens’ Funeral Home Chapel, Newton, with the Revs. Bill Ester and Henry H. Murray presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Whiting.
Memorials may be sent to Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.
The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas
Monday, January 21, 1991
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NEWTON – Eric Ransom Baber, 78, died Jan. 19, 1991, at the Newton Medical Center.
He was born April 19, 1912, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Carroll Preston and Nelle Spencer Baber. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1928, Emporia State University in 1932, New York University in 1935, and Michigan State University in 1953. A resident of Newton since 1976, he was a retired educational administrator and college professor.
He was a member of the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, founder and trustee of the Baber Trust at Bethany College, trustee of the Graduate School Fellowships in the Fine Arts at Illinois State University, and founder and trustee of the Annual American Library Association’s Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant and the Carroll Preston Baber Library Research Fund at Emporia State University. He served as an administrator in Kansas, California, Michigan, New York, and Illinois. He was a former superintendent at Park Forest, Ill., a United States assistant commissioner of education at Washington, D.C., and was a former professor and director of research services at Illinois State University.
On Sept. 3, 1945, he married Elsie Thrasher at Atlanta. She died Jan. 30, 1989.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersens’ Funeral Home Chapel, Newton, with the Revs. Bill Ester and Henry H. Murray presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Whiting.
Memorials may be sent to Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.
The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas
Monday, January 21, 1991
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He was born April 19, 1912, at Dayton, Ohio, the son of Carroll Preston and Nelle Spencer Baber. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1928, Emporia State University in 1932, New York University in 1935, and Michigan State University in 1953. A resident of Newton since 1976, he was a retired educational administrator and college professor.
He was a member of the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, founder and trustee of the Baber Trust at Bethany College, trustee of the Graduate School Fellowships in the Fine Arts at Illinois State University, and founder and trustee of the Annual American Library Association’s Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant and the Carroll Preston Baber Library Research Fund at Emporia State University. He served as an administrator in Kansas, California, Michigan, New York, and Illinois. He was a former superintendent at Park Forest, Ill., a United States assistant commissioner of education at Washington, D.C., and was a former professor and director of research services at Illinois State University.
On Sept. 3, 1945, he married Elsie Thrasher at Atlanta. She died Jan. 30, 1989.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersens’ Funeral Home Chapel, Newton, with the Revs. Bill Ester and Henry H. Murray presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Whiting.
Memorials may be sent to Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.
The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas
Monday, January 21, 1991
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