Zelda Bake Johnson Parker Wiseman passed away at the age of 98. She was born to John Alfred Jr. and Hazel Alice Lyon Bake. She and her parents moved to a new development in 1911. It was 12 miles northwest of Wells, NV called Metropolis. They took a homestead and lived in a tent while John helped build the dam and canal. They build a house on the property and set up a dry farm near Bishop Creek. Zelda attended grammar and high school in Metropolis. She graduated in 1925 as class salutatorian. During her summer vacations from school she worked at the Cazier or Selby Badt ranches to help cook for the ranch hands. When she graduated from high school, she moved to Wells where she worked for Lamberts Cottage Cafe. Here she met Dewey William (Buck) Johnson. They married in September of 1926 in Elko. In June of 1927, she gave birth to her only child, Alice Marie. She and Buck moved to Beowawe, and it was here they discovered that Buck has inoperable cancer. He moved to Letterman General Veteran's Hospital in San Francisco, where he died in July 1930 leaving Zelda a widow with a three-year-old daughter. This was at the height of the depression. It was very difficult to get employment, which paid enough for living expenses and childcare. Therefore, Zelda has to send Alice to her parents in Metropolis. After Buck's death, she was able to go to beauty school with using his veterans insurance to pay for it. In 1932, she returned to Metropolis for a visit and met an old friend, Richard "Dick" Parker. They were married in Elko. Dick was living on Spruce Mountain where he ran the mail. They lived there for 18 years. They moved to Wells, where Zelda worked for Jack Donnelly at the Allen Hotel and Cafe. Later in 1949, Dick and Zelda divorced. She moved to Downey, CA, where he daughter lived and worked as a nursing attendant at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. She worked there for four years until she met Emmett Coryell Wiseman, who had been Buck's best friend. They were married in Yuma, AZ. They had four happy years together until he passed away of a heart attack. She retired and moved back to Wells, where she lived on the Coryell property, refurbishing the old house there. She remained very active in church, senior citizens, art club, until a stroke in 1999. She went to live with her daughter in Twin Falls, Idaho until 2002, when she had another stroke, which left her severely, disabled. Zelda then went to live at the Twin Falls Care Center, where they gave her much tender, loving card and kindness. She is survived by her daughter, Alice McIntyre; five grandchildren, Elaine (Derryl) Crossman, Kathleen McIntyre (Charles Ford), Christine (Lester) Holmes, Jack (Melissa) McIntyre and Paul (Brenda) McIntyre; 19 great-grandchildren; 25-and-counting great great grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Gladys (Savage) Bake and Merle (Savage) Bake. She was preceded in death by her husbands; five brothers, Wayne Bake, Arta Bake, Eural Bake, Alfred Bake and Dean Bake; two sisters, Wanda Cole and Bertie Hyde; her parents; a great-granddaughter, Jessica McIntyre; and a great-grandson, Timothy McIntyre.