Married Edith Brevoort Kane 14 Oct 1911
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Madison Courier
1 June 1937
Tuesday
GEORGE F. BAKER DEAD
Appendicitis Operation at Sea Fails to Save New York Bank Head
HONOLULU, May 31, (AP)--The body of George Fisher Baker, leader of American finance, lay on the yacht Viking today, his death marked by the drama he shunned during his life.
The fifty-nine year old banker, titular head of the First National bank of New York, died yesterday morning from complications of peritonitis. He was stricken while on his first vacation since his marriage 30 years ago.
Mrs. Baker, present when he died will take the body to San Francisco on the Matson liner Lurine, which sails Saturday. From there it will be taken to New York in a private railroad car. Two daughters, en route from the mainland on the Lurline, will accompany the widow.
The spotlight, which Baker avoided while directing the fortunes of his inherited financial empire, attended his fatal illness.
An emergency appendectomy, performed at sea last Tuesday by his personal physician, and one hailed from a passing ship; a speedy 300 mile trip to reach his port, and a 5,500-mile airline dash by Mrs. Baker to reach her husband's side, were some of the details which lifted the banker's death out of the obscurity he would have desired.
Baker's fortune had been estimated at from $150,000,000 to $500,000,000. In 1931, his father, George F. Baker, Sr., died and left his son at the head of the financial institution.
He held directorates in many corporations, but resigned them in 1936 without explanation. It was reported he was in poor health then.
In addition to the widow and daughters, Florence T. and Edith B., he is survived by two sons, George F. and Granville K. Baker.
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Madison Courier
1 June 1937
Tuesday
GEORGE F. BAKER DEAD
Appendicitis Operation at Sea Fails to Save New York Bank Head
HONOLULU, May 31, (AP)--The body of George Fisher Baker, leader of American finance, lay on the yacht Viking today, his death marked by the drama he shunned during his life.
The fifty-nine year old banker, titular head of the First National bank of New York, died yesterday morning from complications of peritonitis. He was stricken while on his first vacation since his marriage 30 years ago.
Mrs. Baker, present when he died will take the body to San Francisco on the Matson liner Lurine, which sails Saturday. From there it will be taken to New York in a private railroad car. Two daughters, en route from the mainland on the Lurline, will accompany the widow.
The spotlight, which Baker avoided while directing the fortunes of his inherited financial empire, attended his fatal illness.
An emergency appendectomy, performed at sea last Tuesday by his personal physician, and one hailed from a passing ship; a speedy 300 mile trip to reach his port, and a 5,500-mile airline dash by Mrs. Baker to reach her husband's side, were some of the details which lifted the banker's death out of the obscurity he would have desired.
Baker's fortune had been estimated at from $150,000,000 to $500,000,000. In 1931, his father, George F. Baker, Sr., died and left his son at the head of the financial institution.
He held directorates in many corporations, but resigned them in 1936 without explanation. It was reported he was in poor health then.
In addition to the widow and daughters, Florence T. and Edith B., he is survived by two sons, George F. and Granville K. Baker.
Married Edith Brevoort Kane 14 Oct 1911
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Madison Courier
1 June 1937
Tuesday
GEORGE F. BAKER DEAD
Appendicitis Operation at Sea Fails to Save New York Bank Head
HONOLULU, May 31, (AP)--The body of George Fisher Baker, leader of American finance, lay on the yacht Viking today, his death marked by the drama he shunned during his life.
The fifty-nine year old banker, titular head of the First National bank of New York, died yesterday morning from complications of peritonitis. He was stricken while on his first vacation since his marriage 30 years ago.
Mrs. Baker, present when he died will take the body to San Francisco on the Matson liner Lurine, which sails Saturday. From there it will be taken to New York in a private railroad car. Two daughters, en route from the mainland on the Lurline, will accompany the widow.
The spotlight, which Baker avoided while directing the fortunes of his inherited financial empire, attended his fatal illness.
An emergency appendectomy, performed at sea last Tuesday by his personal physician, and one hailed from a passing ship; a speedy 300 mile trip to reach his port, and a 5,500-mile airline dash by Mrs. Baker to reach her husband's side, were some of the details which lifted the banker's death out of the obscurity he would have desired.
Baker's fortune had been estimated at from $150,000,000 to $500,000,000. In 1931, his father, George F. Baker, Sr., died and left his son at the head of the financial institution.
He held directorates in many corporations, but resigned them in 1936 without explanation. It was reported he was in poor health then.
In addition to the widow and daughters, Florence T. and Edith B., he is survived by two sons, George F. and Granville K. Baker.
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Madison Courier
1 June 1937
Tuesday
GEORGE F. BAKER DEAD
Appendicitis Operation at Sea Fails to Save New York Bank Head
HONOLULU, May 31, (AP)--The body of George Fisher Baker, leader of American finance, lay on the yacht Viking today, his death marked by the drama he shunned during his life.
The fifty-nine year old banker, titular head of the First National bank of New York, died yesterday morning from complications of peritonitis. He was stricken while on his first vacation since his marriage 30 years ago.
Mrs. Baker, present when he died will take the body to San Francisco on the Matson liner Lurine, which sails Saturday. From there it will be taken to New York in a private railroad car. Two daughters, en route from the mainland on the Lurline, will accompany the widow.
The spotlight, which Baker avoided while directing the fortunes of his inherited financial empire, attended his fatal illness.
An emergency appendectomy, performed at sea last Tuesday by his personal physician, and one hailed from a passing ship; a speedy 300 mile trip to reach his port, and a 5,500-mile airline dash by Mrs. Baker to reach her husband's side, were some of the details which lifted the banker's death out of the obscurity he would have desired.
Baker's fortune had been estimated at from $150,000,000 to $500,000,000. In 1931, his father, George F. Baker, Sr., died and left his son at the head of the financial institution.
He held directorates in many corporations, but resigned them in 1936 without explanation. It was reported he was in poor health then.
In addition to the widow and daughters, Florence T. and Edith B., he is survived by two sons, George F. and Granville K. Baker.
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