WAYNE'S OBITUARY
Wayne L. Baker, 77, passed away on July 11, 2019 in Rapid City, SD.
He grew up as “Sandy”, a southwest Iowa farm boy, middle son of three, to Red (Vernon) and Marie Baker, near the town of Emerson, IA. He was little brother to Don, and big brother to Darrell (Finnegan).
His folk’s crop, dairy and livestock farm made him a pretty typical southwest Iowa farm boy. In addition to sons, milk was the main commodity on Red Baker’s southwest Iowa farm, so most farm chores centered around the twice-a-day milking and feed crops.
As was typical of the post-war era farming, theirs was a diverse livestock farm, so the family also raised cattle and hogs.
Their land produced feedstuff crops and bedding, and the dairy cow pasture balanced out the remaining acreage. They managed to live and thrive through such diverse farming practice changes as terracing and tiling.
The Baker farm family of Wayne’s youth was then comprised of the two generations, that included his maternal grandparents, Emmett and Cora Johnson, who lived nearby, in a second home, on the same farm in southwest Iowa.
Working with the livestock on the southwest Iowa Baker family farm was the main recreational and entertainment value at the Red Baker farm of the 1940 and 1950’s. Three sons provided both the glue and the energy.
4-H projects became a major part of the Baker family routine and Wayne excelled at showing his 4-H livestock projects at his county fair in Malvern, IA, and later at the famed AKSARBAN Livestock show in Nebraska.
As was typical of small town rural youth of the day, Wayne stepped up to the challenge of playing many sports for his local high school at Emerson, IA. Football and Baseball became his favorites, and he excelled at both, following both sports into his college days at Central College, in Pella, IA, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. He went on to teach and coach sports for seven years in three different locations around his home state of Iowa.
Wayne’s love of fishing and hunting eventually lead him to relocate from Iowa to Minnesota, where he met his future wife, Sharon Norton. Together they fished, hunted pheasants, raised Bryce (born in 1981) and Kelsey (born in 1985), while operating their own livestock farm in west-central Minnesota.
The Minnesota Baker family farm specialized in farrowing feeder pigs and excelled in producing quality pork and won many awards and carcass quality competitions in doing so. Wayne and Sharon both played very active rolls in their county and the state pork producers associations. They were both very active in their local Lutheran church as well.
4-H continued to play a big role in the lives of Wayne and Sharon’s children’s, similarly to what it had for their generation, and previous family generations on both sides. Both Baker parents served numerous years as 4-H club leaders, but excelled as livestock coaches for their children and other county 4-H’ers, as livestock judging and knowledge bowl coaches.
Hunting and fishing, the later, most especially, were the true loves of Wayne’s life, and he spent a great part of his leisure life with a rod and reel in hand, and the mighty Walleye in pursuit. He began making multiple annual trips to fish the lakes of Canada as a young man, and continued to do so as long as his health allowed him to, up until a few years ago. A fishing boat was always his favored means of transportation, lake waters below, and his fishing rod his best companion.
When Wayne and Sharon chose to retire from full time livestock production, they kept active in it on a part time basis, and Wayne chose to work in feed sales, an endeavor he had pursued post teaching. He proved a valuable livestock consultant to Boys Feed Supply at Hancock, MN, until his retirement in 2008, when the family completed their move to South Dakota, in pursuit of their children, Bryce and Kelsey.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 15 at Kirk Funeral Home. Burial of his ashes will take place at a later date in Red Oak, Iowa.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Kirk Funeral Home
Monday, July 15, 2019
2:00 PM
Email Details
1051 E Minnesota Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
* When Wayne (Sandy) married Sharon, he gained 2 stepdaughters, Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Lafferty.
Wayne is preceded in death with is by is parents Vernon (Red) Baker & Frances "Marie" baker his ypunger brother Darrell " Finnegan" Baker, & grandparents
* Wayne (Sandy) leaves behind his wife Sharon Baker, both stepdaughter Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Selander Olson, 2 children with wife Sharon, son Bryce & wife Danci Baker & daughter Kelsey Baker
5 grand children, Alley Selander, Jade Selander & Nash Selander, Quinn Baker, & Rylan Baker
Wayne L. Baker, 77, passed away on July 11, 2019 in Rapid City, SD.
He grew up as “Sandy”, a southwest Iowa farm boy, middle son of three, to Red (Vernon) and Marie Baker, near the town of Emerson, IA. He was little brother to Don, and big brother to Darrell (Finnegan).
His folk’s crop, dairy and livestock farm made him a pretty typical southwest Iowa farm boy. In addition to sons, milk was the main commodity on Red Baker’s southwest Iowa farm, so most farm chores centered around the twice-a-day milking and feed crops.
As was typical of the post-war era farming, theirs was a diverse livestock farm, so the family also raised cattle and hogs.
Their land produced feedstuff crops and bedding, and the dairy cow pasture balanced out the remaining acreage. They managed to live and thrive through such diverse farming practice changes as terracing and tiling.
The Baker farm family of Wayne’s youth was then comprised of the two generations, that included his maternal grandparents, Emmett and Cora Johnson, who lived nearby, in a second home, on the same farm in southwest Iowa.
Working with the livestock on the southwest Iowa Baker family farm was the main recreational and entertainment value at the Red Baker farm of the 1940 and 1950’s. Three sons provided both the glue and the energy.
4-H projects became a major part of the Baker family routine and Wayne excelled at showing his 4-H livestock projects at his county fair in Malvern, IA, and later at the famed AKSARBAN Livestock show in Nebraska.
As was typical of small town rural youth of the day, Wayne stepped up to the challenge of playing many sports for his local high school at Emerson, IA. Football and Baseball became his favorites, and he excelled at both, following both sports into his college days at Central College, in Pella, IA, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. He went on to teach and coach sports for seven years in three different locations around his home state of Iowa.
Wayne’s love of fishing and hunting eventually lead him to relocate from Iowa to Minnesota, where he met his future wife, Sharon Norton. Together they fished, hunted pheasants, raised Bryce (born in 1981) and Kelsey (born in 1985), while operating their own livestock farm in west-central Minnesota.
The Minnesota Baker family farm specialized in farrowing feeder pigs and excelled in producing quality pork and won many awards and carcass quality competitions in doing so. Wayne and Sharon both played very active rolls in their county and the state pork producers associations. They were both very active in their local Lutheran church as well.
4-H continued to play a big role in the lives of Wayne and Sharon’s children’s, similarly to what it had for their generation, and previous family generations on both sides. Both Baker parents served numerous years as 4-H club leaders, but excelled as livestock coaches for their children and other county 4-H’ers, as livestock judging and knowledge bowl coaches.
Hunting and fishing, the later, most especially, were the true loves of Wayne’s life, and he spent a great part of his leisure life with a rod and reel in hand, and the mighty Walleye in pursuit. He began making multiple annual trips to fish the lakes of Canada as a young man, and continued to do so as long as his health allowed him to, up until a few years ago. A fishing boat was always his favored means of transportation, lake waters below, and his fishing rod his best companion.
When Wayne and Sharon chose to retire from full time livestock production, they kept active in it on a part time basis, and Wayne chose to work in feed sales, an endeavor he had pursued post teaching. He proved a valuable livestock consultant to Boys Feed Supply at Hancock, MN, until his retirement in 2008, when the family completed their move to South Dakota, in pursuit of their children, Bryce and Kelsey.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 15 at Kirk Funeral Home. Burial of his ashes will take place at a later date in Red Oak, Iowa.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Kirk Funeral Home
Monday, July 15, 2019
2:00 PM
Email Details
1051 E Minnesota Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
* When Wayne (Sandy) married Sharon, he gained 2 stepdaughters, Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Lafferty.
Wayne is preceded in death with is by is parents Vernon (Red) Baker & Frances "Marie" baker his ypunger brother Darrell " Finnegan" Baker, & grandparents
* Wayne (Sandy) leaves behind his wife Sharon Baker, both stepdaughter Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Selander Olson, 2 children with wife Sharon, son Bryce & wife Danci Baker & daughter Kelsey Baker
5 grand children, Alley Selander, Jade Selander & Nash Selander, Quinn Baker, & Rylan Baker
WAYNE'S OBITUARY
Wayne L. Baker, 77, passed away on July 11, 2019 in Rapid City, SD.
He grew up as “Sandy”, a southwest Iowa farm boy, middle son of three, to Red (Vernon) and Marie Baker, near the town of Emerson, IA. He was little brother to Don, and big brother to Darrell (Finnegan).
His folk’s crop, dairy and livestock farm made him a pretty typical southwest Iowa farm boy. In addition to sons, milk was the main commodity on Red Baker’s southwest Iowa farm, so most farm chores centered around the twice-a-day milking and feed crops.
As was typical of the post-war era farming, theirs was a diverse livestock farm, so the family also raised cattle and hogs.
Their land produced feedstuff crops and bedding, and the dairy cow pasture balanced out the remaining acreage. They managed to live and thrive through such diverse farming practice changes as terracing and tiling.
The Baker farm family of Wayne’s youth was then comprised of the two generations, that included his maternal grandparents, Emmett and Cora Johnson, who lived nearby, in a second home, on the same farm in southwest Iowa.
Working with the livestock on the southwest Iowa Baker family farm was the main recreational and entertainment value at the Red Baker farm of the 1940 and 1950’s. Three sons provided both the glue and the energy.
4-H projects became a major part of the Baker family routine and Wayne excelled at showing his 4-H livestock projects at his county fair in Malvern, IA, and later at the famed AKSARBAN Livestock show in Nebraska.
As was typical of small town rural youth of the day, Wayne stepped up to the challenge of playing many sports for his local high school at Emerson, IA. Football and Baseball became his favorites, and he excelled at both, following both sports into his college days at Central College, in Pella, IA, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. He went on to teach and coach sports for seven years in three different locations around his home state of Iowa.
Wayne’s love of fishing and hunting eventually lead him to relocate from Iowa to Minnesota, where he met his future wife, Sharon Norton. Together they fished, hunted pheasants, raised Bryce (born in 1981) and Kelsey (born in 1985), while operating their own livestock farm in west-central Minnesota.
The Minnesota Baker family farm specialized in farrowing feeder pigs and excelled in producing quality pork and won many awards and carcass quality competitions in doing so. Wayne and Sharon both played very active rolls in their county and the state pork producers associations. They were both very active in their local Lutheran church as well.
4-H continued to play a big role in the lives of Wayne and Sharon’s children’s, similarly to what it had for their generation, and previous family generations on both sides. Both Baker parents served numerous years as 4-H club leaders, but excelled as livestock coaches for their children and other county 4-H’ers, as livestock judging and knowledge bowl coaches.
Hunting and fishing, the later, most especially, were the true loves of Wayne’s life, and he spent a great part of his leisure life with a rod and reel in hand, and the mighty Walleye in pursuit. He began making multiple annual trips to fish the lakes of Canada as a young man, and continued to do so as long as his health allowed him to, up until a few years ago. A fishing boat was always his favored means of transportation, lake waters below, and his fishing rod his best companion.
When Wayne and Sharon chose to retire from full time livestock production, they kept active in it on a part time basis, and Wayne chose to work in feed sales, an endeavor he had pursued post teaching. He proved a valuable livestock consultant to Boys Feed Supply at Hancock, MN, until his retirement in 2008, when the family completed their move to South Dakota, in pursuit of their children, Bryce and Kelsey.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 15 at Kirk Funeral Home. Burial of his ashes will take place at a later date in Red Oak, Iowa.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Kirk Funeral Home
Monday, July 15, 2019
2:00 PM
Email Details
1051 E Minnesota Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
* When Wayne (Sandy) married Sharon, he gained 2 stepdaughters, Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Lafferty.
Wayne is preceded in death with is by is parents Vernon (Red) Baker & Frances "Marie" baker his ypunger brother Darrell " Finnegan" Baker, & grandparents
* Wayne (Sandy) leaves behind his wife Sharon Baker, both stepdaughter Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Selander Olson, 2 children with wife Sharon, son Bryce & wife Danci Baker & daughter Kelsey Baker
5 grand children, Alley Selander, Jade Selander & Nash Selander, Quinn Baker, & Rylan Baker
Wayne L. Baker, 77, passed away on July 11, 2019 in Rapid City, SD.
He grew up as “Sandy”, a southwest Iowa farm boy, middle son of three, to Red (Vernon) and Marie Baker, near the town of Emerson, IA. He was little brother to Don, and big brother to Darrell (Finnegan).
His folk’s crop, dairy and livestock farm made him a pretty typical southwest Iowa farm boy. In addition to sons, milk was the main commodity on Red Baker’s southwest Iowa farm, so most farm chores centered around the twice-a-day milking and feed crops.
As was typical of the post-war era farming, theirs was a diverse livestock farm, so the family also raised cattle and hogs.
Their land produced feedstuff crops and bedding, and the dairy cow pasture balanced out the remaining acreage. They managed to live and thrive through such diverse farming practice changes as terracing and tiling.
The Baker farm family of Wayne’s youth was then comprised of the two generations, that included his maternal grandparents, Emmett and Cora Johnson, who lived nearby, in a second home, on the same farm in southwest Iowa.
Working with the livestock on the southwest Iowa Baker family farm was the main recreational and entertainment value at the Red Baker farm of the 1940 and 1950’s. Three sons provided both the glue and the energy.
4-H projects became a major part of the Baker family routine and Wayne excelled at showing his 4-H livestock projects at his county fair in Malvern, IA, and later at the famed AKSARBAN Livestock show in Nebraska.
As was typical of small town rural youth of the day, Wayne stepped up to the challenge of playing many sports for his local high school at Emerson, IA. Football and Baseball became his favorites, and he excelled at both, following both sports into his college days at Central College, in Pella, IA, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. He went on to teach and coach sports for seven years in three different locations around his home state of Iowa.
Wayne’s love of fishing and hunting eventually lead him to relocate from Iowa to Minnesota, where he met his future wife, Sharon Norton. Together they fished, hunted pheasants, raised Bryce (born in 1981) and Kelsey (born in 1985), while operating their own livestock farm in west-central Minnesota.
The Minnesota Baker family farm specialized in farrowing feeder pigs and excelled in producing quality pork and won many awards and carcass quality competitions in doing so. Wayne and Sharon both played very active rolls in their county and the state pork producers associations. They were both very active in their local Lutheran church as well.
4-H continued to play a big role in the lives of Wayne and Sharon’s children’s, similarly to what it had for their generation, and previous family generations on both sides. Both Baker parents served numerous years as 4-H club leaders, but excelled as livestock coaches for their children and other county 4-H’ers, as livestock judging and knowledge bowl coaches.
Hunting and fishing, the later, most especially, were the true loves of Wayne’s life, and he spent a great part of his leisure life with a rod and reel in hand, and the mighty Walleye in pursuit. He began making multiple annual trips to fish the lakes of Canada as a young man, and continued to do so as long as his health allowed him to, up until a few years ago. A fishing boat was always his favored means of transportation, lake waters below, and his fishing rod his best companion.
When Wayne and Sharon chose to retire from full time livestock production, they kept active in it on a part time basis, and Wayne chose to work in feed sales, an endeavor he had pursued post teaching. He proved a valuable livestock consultant to Boys Feed Supply at Hancock, MN, until his retirement in 2008, when the family completed their move to South Dakota, in pursuit of their children, Bryce and Kelsey.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 15 at Kirk Funeral Home. Burial of his ashes will take place at a later date in Red Oak, Iowa.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Kirk Funeral Home
Monday, July 15, 2019
2:00 PM
Email Details
1051 E Minnesota Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
* When Wayne (Sandy) married Sharon, he gained 2 stepdaughters, Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Lafferty.
Wayne is preceded in death with is by is parents Vernon (Red) Baker & Frances "Marie" baker his ypunger brother Darrell " Finnegan" Baker, & grandparents
* Wayne (Sandy) leaves behind his wife Sharon Baker, both stepdaughter Dannielle "Danni" Lafferty & Delaney Selander Olson, 2 children with wife Sharon, son Bryce & wife Danci Baker & daughter Kelsey Baker
5 grand children, Alley Selander, Jade Selander & Nash Selander, Quinn Baker, & Rylan Baker
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