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Emily Etty <I>Harborne</I> Baker

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Emily Etty Harborne Baker

Birth
England
Death
1975 (aged 79–80)
Rhode Island, USA
Burial
East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Married Herbert George Baker, England, on September 16, 1912.

Parents; William Harborne & Emily Lunn Harborne.

4 children; George Stewart Baker, Minnie Dorrien (Dolly) Baker DeSomma, Sarah Iris Baker Boudreau Coffeen, James Edward Baker

Disabled American Veterans Chapter: Emily Baker, Kent County, R. I.
WW1 (England) Red Cross nurse assigned to the British Royal Army.
WWII (America)US Army Air Corps.

First PTA (parent-teacher-asso.) President at the Hoxie Elementary School, past President of the British Club of Rhode Island, a past Commander of the Disabled American Veterans (Kent County chapter 9), a state Disabled American Veterans for 30 years, a life member of the American Disabled American. She received the Disabled Americans Commander's D award in 1966, the United Veterans Council award in 1967, the military order of the Purple Heart in 1969, the Boy Scouts Award in 1971, and the Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Year Award in 1974.

Also a chairman of child welfare, a member and past President of the Sisters of Pythias, a member of the Senior Citizens Club of Hoxie, a member of American Legion Airport Post 61.

Emily organized many shows & activities for the residents of the Ladd School, the Rhode Island Medical Center, British Soldiers Home, the Brockton Veterans Hospital, the Providence Veterans Administration Hospital, the O'Rourke Children's Center and the Lakeside Home in Warwick, Rhode Island.

A military funeral and services were held for Emily Baker.
Married Herbert George Baker, England, on September 16, 1912.

Parents; William Harborne & Emily Lunn Harborne.

4 children; George Stewart Baker, Minnie Dorrien (Dolly) Baker DeSomma, Sarah Iris Baker Boudreau Coffeen, James Edward Baker

Disabled American Veterans Chapter: Emily Baker, Kent County, R. I.
WW1 (England) Red Cross nurse assigned to the British Royal Army.
WWII (America)US Army Air Corps.

First PTA (parent-teacher-asso.) President at the Hoxie Elementary School, past President of the British Club of Rhode Island, a past Commander of the Disabled American Veterans (Kent County chapter 9), a state Disabled American Veterans for 30 years, a life member of the American Disabled American. She received the Disabled Americans Commander's D award in 1966, the United Veterans Council award in 1967, the military order of the Purple Heart in 1969, the Boy Scouts Award in 1971, and the Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Year Award in 1974.

Also a chairman of child welfare, a member and past President of the Sisters of Pythias, a member of the Senior Citizens Club of Hoxie, a member of American Legion Airport Post 61.

Emily organized many shows & activities for the residents of the Ladd School, the Rhode Island Medical Center, British Soldiers Home, the Brockton Veterans Hospital, the Providence Veterans Administration Hospital, the O'Rourke Children's Center and the Lakeside Home in Warwick, Rhode Island.

A military funeral and services were held for Emily Baker.


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