October 1942 Hillsboro Mirror -- "Lieut. Sam Baker Lost Life in Plane Crash - Young Itascan was member of Hillsboro College First CPT Class; Got wings September 6th, and married last Saturday. Lieut. Sam Baker, 22, son of Mrs. Ann Baker of Itasca, instructor in the U.S. Air Corps, and stationed at Brooks Field, lost his life in a plane crash at Garwood, Colorado County, Wednesday, according to announcement by Brooks Field authorities. His Mother was advised of the young man's death Thursday.
Lieut. Baker was one of three Hill Countians to graduated as an Army Aviation Cadet on September 6th, and he was commissioned a Lieutenant not quite a month ago. He was married last Saturday to Miss Doris Holasek of West, who also is a farmer Hillsboro college student. Lieut. Baker attended Itasca High School, participating in football, basketball, track and baseball, and participated in the same sports in Hillsboro College. He was a member of the local school's first civil pilot training class. He is survived by his widow, his Mother, one brother, Ollie, another former Hillsboro College student now in the Air Corps in Alaska, and one sister, Mrs. Emil Larson in Indiana. Within the last three months he is the second Itasca youth, both commissioned officers in the U.S. Air Force, to be killed in plane accidents in the United States.
Funeral services for Lieut. Baker will be held at the Methodist Church in Itasca Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. C.H. Sisserson of Mart, a former pastor at Itasca officiating. Interment will be in the Itasca Cemetery under the direction of Marshall and Marshall. The body arrive in itasca Saturday morning over the Katy and was carried to the home of his Mother."
OBITUARY -- Dallas Morning News, October 5, 1942 -- Waco, Texas, Oct 4 -- "Funeral services were held Sunday at Itasca for Lieut. Sam Baker of Itasca, killed on Wednesday in an airplane crash near Garwood, Colorado County. He was married Saturday evening, Sept. 23, to Miss Dora Holasek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Holasek at West, eighteen miles north of Waco. Lieutenant Baker, son of Mrs. Ann S. Baker of Itasca, enlisted last fall in the United States Army air corps and was commissioned Sept. 6 at Kelly Field. At the time of his death he was instructor at Brooks Field, San Antonio."
Contributor: Evelyn Walters (48150773) • [email protected]
Lieut. Baker was one of three Hill Countians to graduated as an Army Aviation Cadet on September 6th, and he was commissioned a Lieutenant not quite a month ago. He was married last Saturday to Miss Doris Holasek of West, who also is a farmer Hillsboro college student. Lieut. Baker attended Itasca High School, participating in football, basketball, track and baseball, and participated in the same sports in Hillsboro College. He was a member of the local school's first civil pilot training class. He is survived by his widow, his Mother, one brother, Ollie, another former Hillsboro College student now in the Air Corps in Alaska, and one sister, Mrs. Emil Larson in Indiana. Within the last three months he is the second Itasca youth, both commissioned officers in the U.S. Air Force, to be killed in plane accidents in the United States.
Funeral services for Lieut. Baker will be held at the Methodist Church in Itasca Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. C.H. Sisserson of Mart, a former pastor at Itasca officiating. Interment will be in the Itasca Cemetery under the direction of Marshall and Marshall. The body arrive in itasca Saturday morning over the Katy and was carried to the home of his Mother."
OBITUARY -- Dallas Morning News, October 5, 1942 -- Waco, Texas, Oct 4 -- "Funeral services were held Sunday at Itasca for Lieut. Sam Baker of Itasca, killed on Wednesday in an airplane crash near Garwood, Colorado County. He was married Saturday evening, Sept. 23, to Miss Dora Holasek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Holasek at West, eighteen miles north of Waco. Lieutenant Baker, son of Mrs. Ann S. Baker of Itasca, enlisted last fall in the United States Army air corps and was commissioned Sept. 6 at Kelly Field. At the time of his death he was instructor at Brooks Field, San Antonio."
Contributor: Evelyn Walters (48150773) • [email protected]
October 1942 Hillsboro Mirror -- "Lieut. Sam Baker Lost Life in Plane Crash - Young Itascan was member of Hillsboro College First CPT Class; Got wings September 6th, and married last Saturday. Lieut. Sam Baker, 22, son of Mrs. Ann Baker of Itasca, instructor in the U.S. Air Corps, and stationed at Brooks Field, lost his life in a plane crash at Garwood, Colorado County, Wednesday, according to announcement by Brooks Field authorities. His Mother was advised of the young man's death Thursday.
Lieut. Baker was one of three Hill Countians to graduated as an Army Aviation Cadet on September 6th, and he was commissioned a Lieutenant not quite a month ago. He was married last Saturday to Miss Doris Holasek of West, who also is a farmer Hillsboro college student. Lieut. Baker attended Itasca High School, participating in football, basketball, track and baseball, and participated in the same sports in Hillsboro College. He was a member of the local school's first civil pilot training class. He is survived by his widow, his Mother, one brother, Ollie, another former Hillsboro College student now in the Air Corps in Alaska, and one sister, Mrs. Emil Larson in Indiana. Within the last three months he is the second Itasca youth, both commissioned officers in the U.S. Air Force, to be killed in plane accidents in the United States.
Funeral services for Lieut. Baker will be held at the Methodist Church in Itasca Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. C.H. Sisserson of Mart, a former pastor at Itasca officiating. Interment will be in the Itasca Cemetery under the direction of Marshall and Marshall. The body arrive in itasca Saturday morning over the Katy and was carried to the home of his Mother."
OBITUARY -- Dallas Morning News, October 5, 1942 -- Waco, Texas, Oct 4 -- "Funeral services were held Sunday at Itasca for Lieut. Sam Baker of Itasca, killed on Wednesday in an airplane crash near Garwood, Colorado County. He was married Saturday evening, Sept. 23, to Miss Dora Holasek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Holasek at West, eighteen miles north of Waco. Lieutenant Baker, son of Mrs. Ann S. Baker of Itasca, enlisted last fall in the United States Army air corps and was commissioned Sept. 6 at Kelly Field. At the time of his death he was instructor at Brooks Field, San Antonio."
Contributor: Evelyn Walters (48150773) • [email protected]
Lieut. Baker was one of three Hill Countians to graduated as an Army Aviation Cadet on September 6th, and he was commissioned a Lieutenant not quite a month ago. He was married last Saturday to Miss Doris Holasek of West, who also is a farmer Hillsboro college student. Lieut. Baker attended Itasca High School, participating in football, basketball, track and baseball, and participated in the same sports in Hillsboro College. He was a member of the local school's first civil pilot training class. He is survived by his widow, his Mother, one brother, Ollie, another former Hillsboro College student now in the Air Corps in Alaska, and one sister, Mrs. Emil Larson in Indiana. Within the last three months he is the second Itasca youth, both commissioned officers in the U.S. Air Force, to be killed in plane accidents in the United States.
Funeral services for Lieut. Baker will be held at the Methodist Church in Itasca Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. C.H. Sisserson of Mart, a former pastor at Itasca officiating. Interment will be in the Itasca Cemetery under the direction of Marshall and Marshall. The body arrive in itasca Saturday morning over the Katy and was carried to the home of his Mother."
OBITUARY -- Dallas Morning News, October 5, 1942 -- Waco, Texas, Oct 4 -- "Funeral services were held Sunday at Itasca for Lieut. Sam Baker of Itasca, killed on Wednesday in an airplane crash near Garwood, Colorado County. He was married Saturday evening, Sept. 23, to Miss Dora Holasek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Holasek at West, eighteen miles north of Waco. Lieutenant Baker, son of Mrs. Ann S. Baker of Itasca, enlisted last fall in the United States Army air corps and was commissioned Sept. 6 at Kelly Field. At the time of his death he was instructor at Brooks Field, San Antonio."
Contributor: Evelyn Walters (48150773) • [email protected]
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