Leonard William Baker

1912 - 1965  (53 years)

• Name	Leonard William Baker
  Birth	31 Jan 1912	Reynolds, Rock Island, IL
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Jan 1920	Edgington, Rock Island, IL ; age 7, born IL, living with parents
  Census	28 Apr 1930	Reynolds, Rock Island, IL ; age 18, born IL, living with parents
  Census	15 Apr 1940	Twin Falls Co, ID ; age 28, born IL, single lodger, C2 ed, residing Rock Island Co IL in 1935, accountant for potato organization
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Boise, ID ; Leonard William Baker, age 28, born 31 Jan 1912 in Reynolds IL, self employed, NOK Mrs. Lilly M Baker (mother) of Rock Island IL
  Death	3 May 1965	Kansas City, Jackson, MO
  Burial		Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport, IA
  Person ID	I16166	Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Silas Sawyer Baker,   b. 17 Nov 1869, Hampton, Rock Island, IL d. 18 Apr 1943, Reynolds, Rock Island, IL (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Lily Myrtle Biggs,   b. Mar 1872, Pennsylvania d. 23 Oct 1951, Rock Island, Rock Island, IL (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1898	Rock Island Co, IL
  Family ID	F6163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Kahlke
  Marriage	19 Aug 1950	Rock Island, Rock Island, IL
  Family ID	F7920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Moline Dispatch", 4 May 1965 (newspapers.com) Leonard W. Baker, 53, 1230 17th St., Rock Island, building contractor and representative for the Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co,. died unexpectedly yesterday in the President Hotel in Kansas City, MO., where he was attending a regional meeting of the Illuminating Engineering Society. Services will be at 1:30 Thursday in Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Dr. William W. Bennett of the First Methodist Church will officiate, and burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. He was born Jan. 31, 1912, in Reyolds, Ill., son of Silas and Marian Biggs Baker, and attended schools there. He was graduated from Rock Island High School and attended Augusta College. He married Margaret Kahlke Aug., 19, 1950, in Rock Island. He was employed by the utility firm for six years, and before that by the Herman Nelson Division, American Air Filter. He was a member of the Moose. Surviving are the widow and a sister, Mrs. Marian Gauley of Reynolds. His parents and a sister preceded him in death.