Donald Merritt Baker

1924 - 2008  (84 years)

• Name	Donald Merritt Baker
  Birth	22 Jul 1924	Moriah, Essex, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1925	Moriah, Essex, NY ; age 1, born US, living with parents
  Census	21 Apr 1930	Moriah, Essex, NY ; age 5, born NY, living with parents
  Census	20 Apr 1940	Moriah, Essex, NY ; age 15, born NY, living with parents
  Death	8 Dec 2008	Elizabethtown, Essex, NY
  Burial		South Moriah Cemetery, Moriah, NY
  Person ID	I15915	Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Merritt Russell Baker,   b. 1 Apr 1885, Moriah, Essex, NY d. 15 Oct 1969, Moriah, Essex, NY (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Mary Bradley,   b. 24 Dec 1895, Schroon Lake, Essex, NY d. 15 Jan 1964, Moriah, Essex, NY (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1913	Moriah, Essex, NY
  Notes	from "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936" (familysearch.org) On 1 Oct 1913 in Moriah NY, Merritt R Baker, 28, a Brakeman at a mine, residing Moriah, born North Elba NY to Wm E Baker b. US & Lizzie Sargent b. US, married Eleanor M Bradley, 18, a homeworker residing Moriah, born Schroon Lake NY to James Bradley b. US & Grace Wilson b. US. 1st marriage for both.
  Family ID	F6052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine E Pepper,   b. 22 Nov 1923
  Marriage	20 May 1944
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F6248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 May 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from newspaper obituary on findagrave.com MORIAH, N.Y. ?Donald Merritt Baker, born July 22, 1924, to Merritt and Elenor (Bradley) Baker, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, at Elizabethtown Community Hospital. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving from August 1943 to March 1946. He served as postmaster at the Moriah Post Office for more than 35 years. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5802, the Moriah Fire Department, and he served as fire commissioner. He married Katherine E. Pepper on May 20, 1944. He is survived by his wife, Katherine; a daughter, Bonnie, son-in-law, Frank Pinda; and granddaughter, Megan Pinda. Calling hours will be held Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harland Funeral Home in Port Henry. A funeral service will be held Friday, 11 a.m. at the Moriah Methodist Church, Moriah, N.Y. Spring burial will be in the South Moriah Cemetery.