SIOUX CITY -- Robert "Bob" Erskine Baker, 89, of Iowa City, Iowa, and formerly of Sioux City, died peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Briarwood Care Center.
Graveside Services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Online condolences may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com.
Bob was born May 28, 1922, in Sioux City. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. Bob married Gwendolyn Garman. Bob had been employed as a cook for many years at the Sioux City Senior Center. Following retirement in 1992, he moved to Iowa City and later Coralville, Iowa.
Survivors include his son, George Baker and Deb Smith of Coralville; his daughter, Barbara (Jonathan) Sweet of Story, Wyo.; and his brother, Burton Baker.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Carrie Baker; infant son, Tommy; and his brother, Bruce.
Graveside Services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Online condolences may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com.
Bob was born May 28, 1922, in Sioux City. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. Bob married Gwendolyn Garman. Bob had been employed as a cook for many years at the Sioux City Senior Center. Following retirement in 1992, he moved to Iowa City and later Coralville, Iowa.
Survivors include his son, George Baker and Deb Smith of Coralville; his daughter, Barbara (Jonathan) Sweet of Story, Wyo.; and his brother, Burton Baker.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Carrie Baker; infant son, Tommy; and his brother, Bruce.
SIOUX CITY -- Robert "Bob" Erskine Baker, 89, of Iowa City, Iowa, and formerly of Sioux City, died peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Briarwood Care Center.
Graveside Services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Online condolences may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com.
Bob was born May 28, 1922, in Sioux City. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. Bob married Gwendolyn Garman. Bob had been employed as a cook for many years at the Sioux City Senior Center. Following retirement in 1992, he moved to Iowa City and later Coralville, Iowa.
Survivors include his son, George Baker and Deb Smith of Coralville; his daughter, Barbara (Jonathan) Sweet of Story, Wyo.; and his brother, Burton Baker.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Carrie Baker; infant son, Tommy; and his brother, Bruce.
Graveside Services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Online condolences may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com.
Bob was born May 28, 1922, in Sioux City. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. Bob married Gwendolyn Garman. Bob had been employed as a cook for many years at the Sioux City Senior Center. Following retirement in 1992, he moved to Iowa City and later Coralville, Iowa.
Survivors include his son, George Baker and Deb Smith of Coralville; his daughter, Barbara (Jonathan) Sweet of Story, Wyo.; and his brother, Burton Baker.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Carrie Baker; infant son, Tommy; and his brother, Bruce.
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