Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1919 — JOHN C. BAKER, OF MT. AYR, IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

JOHN C. BAKER, OF MT. AYR, IS DEAD

John Caleb Baker, of Mt. Ayr, died Wednesday, January 29, 1919, at the. home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Gish, of Milroy township, of pneumonia following influenzae He had also suffered from Bright’s disease for Several months. Deceased’s wife died October 24, 1918, of pneumonia, and left five small children. The father had been staying with Mrs. Gish so as to help with the care of the children When he was stricken with the dreaded disease. He had lived practically his entire life in the vicinity of Mt. Ayr, and is survived by a step-mother and many friends. „ , Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs. GiSh at 10 o’clock Friday morning, and burial made in Weston cemetery.