OBITUARY - Published in the Modesto Bee newspaper on October 30, 1979
ARTHUR E. BAKER
Arthur E. Baker, 48, a former news director for radio station KTRB and an unsuccessful candidate for the Modesto City Council in 1969, died Sunday evening of an apparent heart attack.
Baker was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
Born in Idaho, he moved to Turlock at the age of 2. He attended elementary and high school in Turlock, but quit high school before graduation to join the Air Force.
After five years in the Air Force, including duty during the Korean War, Baker moved to Ketchikan, Alaska. He returned to Modesto in 1963 to join KTRB, where he was responsible for the daily gathering, editing and broadcasting of news.
He also worked as a salesman for a dairy equipment firm and as a truck driver for a beverage distribution company.
Baker was one of four candidates for a council position in the April 1969 election. The contest was won by Phillip Newton, a dairy official, who became the first black elected to city office.
Baker was a former member of the Jaycees and Lions Club and was active in the YMCA and Modesto Baseball for Boys. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Janet, and two sons, Jeff and Chuck, all of Modesto; two daughters, Kathee Gadberry of Bakersfield and Denise Solari of Linden; his stepfather, Ted Green, Sr. of Modesto; two sisters, Marilyn Brunch (should be Bunch) of Ceres and Bev Toca of Modesto; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Turlock Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held after 5 p.m. today at the Franklin & Downs Colonial Chapel.
ARTHUR E. BAKER
Arthur E. Baker, 48, a former news director for radio station KTRB and an unsuccessful candidate for the Modesto City Council in 1969, died Sunday evening of an apparent heart attack.
Baker was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
Born in Idaho, he moved to Turlock at the age of 2. He attended elementary and high school in Turlock, but quit high school before graduation to join the Air Force.
After five years in the Air Force, including duty during the Korean War, Baker moved to Ketchikan, Alaska. He returned to Modesto in 1963 to join KTRB, where he was responsible for the daily gathering, editing and broadcasting of news.
He also worked as a salesman for a dairy equipment firm and as a truck driver for a beverage distribution company.
Baker was one of four candidates for a council position in the April 1969 election. The contest was won by Phillip Newton, a dairy official, who became the first black elected to city office.
Baker was a former member of the Jaycees and Lions Club and was active in the YMCA and Modesto Baseball for Boys. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Janet, and two sons, Jeff and Chuck, all of Modesto; two daughters, Kathee Gadberry of Bakersfield and Denise Solari of Linden; his stepfather, Ted Green, Sr. of Modesto; two sisters, Marilyn Brunch (should be Bunch) of Ceres and Bev Toca of Modesto; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Turlock Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held after 5 p.m. today at the Franklin & Downs Colonial Chapel.
OBITUARY - Published in the Modesto Bee newspaper on October 30, 1979
ARTHUR E. BAKER
Arthur E. Baker, 48, a former news director for radio station KTRB and an unsuccessful candidate for the Modesto City Council in 1969, died Sunday evening of an apparent heart attack.
Baker was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
Born in Idaho, he moved to Turlock at the age of 2. He attended elementary and high school in Turlock, but quit high school before graduation to join the Air Force.
After five years in the Air Force, including duty during the Korean War, Baker moved to Ketchikan, Alaska. He returned to Modesto in 1963 to join KTRB, where he was responsible for the daily gathering, editing and broadcasting of news.
He also worked as a salesman for a dairy equipment firm and as a truck driver for a beverage distribution company.
Baker was one of four candidates for a council position in the April 1969 election. The contest was won by Phillip Newton, a dairy official, who became the first black elected to city office.
Baker was a former member of the Jaycees and Lions Club and was active in the YMCA and Modesto Baseball for Boys. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Janet, and two sons, Jeff and Chuck, all of Modesto; two daughters, Kathee Gadberry of Bakersfield and Denise Solari of Linden; his stepfather, Ted Green, Sr. of Modesto; two sisters, Marilyn Brunch (should be Bunch) of Ceres and Bev Toca of Modesto; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Turlock Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held after 5 p.m. today at the Franklin & Downs Colonial Chapel.
ARTHUR E. BAKER
Arthur E. Baker, 48, a former news director for radio station KTRB and an unsuccessful candidate for the Modesto City Council in 1969, died Sunday evening of an apparent heart attack.
Baker was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
Born in Idaho, he moved to Turlock at the age of 2. He attended elementary and high school in Turlock, but quit high school before graduation to join the Air Force.
After five years in the Air Force, including duty during the Korean War, Baker moved to Ketchikan, Alaska. He returned to Modesto in 1963 to join KTRB, where he was responsible for the daily gathering, editing and broadcasting of news.
He also worked as a salesman for a dairy equipment firm and as a truck driver for a beverage distribution company.
Baker was one of four candidates for a council position in the April 1969 election. The contest was won by Phillip Newton, a dairy official, who became the first black elected to city office.
Baker was a former member of the Jaycees and Lions Club and was active in the YMCA and Modesto Baseball for Boys. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Janet, and two sons, Jeff and Chuck, all of Modesto; two daughters, Kathee Gadberry of Bakersfield and Denise Solari of Linden; his stepfather, Ted Green, Sr. of Modesto; two sisters, Marilyn Brunch (should be Bunch) of Ceres and Bev Toca of Modesto; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Turlock Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held after 5 p.m. today at the Franklin & Downs Colonial Chapel.
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