Helen Gerald Baker

1914 - 2017  (103 years)

• Name	Helen Gerald Baker
  Birth	5 Feb 1914	Lockney, Floyd, TX
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Apr 2017	San Antonio, Bexar, TX
  Burial		Greenlawn Cemetery, Port Lavaca, TX
  Person ID	I15029	Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	James Artemas Baker,   b. 22 Sep 1859, Lancaster, Dallas, TX d. 16 Oct 1917, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Sarah Alice Ratliff,   b. 26 Aug 1867, Van Zandt Co, TX d. 2 Jun 1967, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1885	Ohio, Hamilton, TX
  Family ID	F5624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lewallen Edward Gross,   b. 18 Dec 1914, Sherman Co, NE d. 22 Feb 1980, Port Lavaca, Calhoun, TX (Age 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Alice Gross,   b. 1938   d. 1971, Calhoun Co, TX (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F5648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

• Notes

  from Newspaper Obituary (posted on findagrave.com) Helen Baker Gross passed away peacefully with her niece by her side at Kindred Hospice in San Antonio on Friday, April 21, 2017 at the age of 103. She was the youngest of 13 children born to James Artemas and Sarah Alice Baker in Lockney, Texas on February 15, 1914. She was a life-long member of the Church of Christ. After high school Helen attended Lippert Business School in Plainview where she met L.E. (Edward) Gross. They were married December 26, 1936 and were blessed with one daughter, Elizabeth Alice (Beth) who passed away after a long illness at the age of 33. In 1950 the family moved to Port Lavaca where Edward worked in the smelting section at the newly-built ALCOA plant in Point Comfort. Then in the late 1950s Ed and Helen began their business, Port Lavaca Real Estate and Maintenance. Helen continued running the rental portion of the business from her husband's death in 1980 until her health prevented her from doing so in 2016. Helen was preceded in death by her parents; 12 brothers and sisters; her daughter; her husband; and her grandson, David Edward Stokes. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews as well as numerous great nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and nephews living throughout the United States. Visitation will be held at the Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home in Port Lavaca on Tuesday, April 25 from 6-8 p.m. Services will be held at the Port Lavaca Church of Christ on Wednesday, April 26 at 10 a.m. with Shan Jackson, minister, conducting the service. Burial at Greenlawn Gardens will immediately follow the service.