Martha Ann Baker ended her long, courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease at her home in Bellflower, California, on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Martha was born on November 27, 1923, in San Pedro, California, to Angelina and Michael Familathe. She is predeceased by her parents , her sisters, Mary Bateman and an unnamed baby sister (stillborn on May 27, 1925) and her brothers, (baby) Thomas (May 11-May 14, 1913), Michael, Phillip, Rocky, Thomas, and Tony. Martha attended San Pedro Schools--15th Street Elementary School, Richard Henry Dana Junior High, and she graduated from San Pedro High School in 1942. She met her husband, Ike, in 1942, while he was stationed in the Navy in San Pedro. She was employed through the early 1940's until 1950 at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro at the Army induction center and, later, as a telephone switchboard operator. At the time of her death Martha was survived by her husband of 63 years, Ike; daughters, Lynette Jensen and Cheryl Doty; son-in-law, Scott Doty; and her grandchildren, Jason Doty, Allen Doty, Bryan Jensen and Kiersten Jensen. Private graveside services were held on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Martha Ann Baker ended her long, courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease at her home in Bellflower, California, on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Martha was born on November 27, 1923, in San Pedro, California, to Angelina and Michael Familathe. She is predeceased by her parents , her sisters, Mary Bateman and an unnamed baby sister (stillborn on May 27, 1925) and her brothers, (baby) Thomas (May 11-May 14, 1913), Michael, Phillip, Rocky, Thomas, and Tony. Martha attended San Pedro Schools--15th Street Elementary School, Richard Henry Dana Junior High, and she graduated from San Pedro High School in 1942. She met her husband, Ike, in 1942, while he was stationed in the Navy in San Pedro. She was employed through the early 1940's until 1950 at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro at the Army induction center and, later, as a telephone switchboard operator. At the time of her death Martha was survived by her husband of 63 years, Ike; daughters, Lynette Jensen and Cheryl Doty; son-in-law, Scott Doty; and her grandchildren, Jason Doty, Allen Doty, Bryan Jensen and Kiersten Jensen. Private graveside services were held on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
November 27, 1923 - November 15, 2011
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