Published in Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa (June 1947)

Funeral Monday For Levi Baker

Funeral services for Levi Baker, 91, Mingus Nursing home, 683 Eighteenth St., will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Church of the Open Bible. Burial will be in Rest Haven cemetery.

Mr. Baker, who was born in Missouri and moved to the Des Moines vicinity seven years ago, died Friday of arterial sclerosis at the nursing home. He had farmed until going blind 14 years ago, and was a member of the Baptist church in Green City, Mo. His grandson, the Rev. Keith L. Hume, will conduct the services.

Surviving are his wife, Lelia and 10 of 14 children. They include five daughters, Mrs. Eva Price, Green City; Mrs. Lizzie Bailey, Brookville, Mo.; Mrs. J.E. Caldwell, West Des Moines; the Rev. Marie Hume, Des Moines, and Mrs. J.R. Burke, West Des Moines, and five sons, Floyd, Plevna, Mo.; Jesse, Seattle, Wash.; the Rev. Raymond, West Des Moines; Roy, Kansas City, Mo.; and Clarence, Utica, Mo. Also surviving are 32 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
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Levi was first married to Permelia A. Strode on September 26, 1875, in Sullivan Co, Missouri.

Their children were:
William C Baker (1877–1883)
Alva E Baker (1880–1883)
Cyntha Evaline "Eva" Baker Price (1883–1964)

Permelia and her sons are buried in Payne Cemetery in Milan, Missouri.

On October 25, 1885, he was united in marriage to Lelia Ever Wilson in Sullivan Co, Missouri.

Their children were:
Lizzie May Baker Bailey (1886–1973)
Minnie Bell Baker Caldwell (1888–1985)
Ollie Columbus Baker (1888–1925)
Walter Lee Baker (1893–1917)
Floyd Levi Baker (1896–1982)
Bertha Lou Baker Myers (1899–1920)
Mary Marie Baker Hume (1902–2000)
Jesse Earl Baker (1903–1973)
Raymond D Baker (1906–1996)
Roy Clifford Baker (1907–1985)
Clarence Erwin Baker (1910–1977)
Reta Louise Baker Burke (1912–2001)

Note: The obit only refers to 14 children even though he had 15, 5 of which had died before him.