Colbert L. "Bud" Baker, Jr. of Marco Island, FL, went to be with the "Great Spirit" on Friday, March 3, 2017. Bud was born April 14, 1925 to Colbert "Lat" Baker and Lois Brunt Baker in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He loved his family, he loved music, he could whip anyone in the family in tennis and he loved angel food cake made by his mom! He loved a little cocktail now and then! Bud served in WWII and the Korean War and was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. After the War, Bud founded a number of successful companies in his life with Chickasaw Distributors in Houston, Texas being his last and most successful. Inspired by The Great Spirit, Baker was visionary in his approach to all things. He found the best in his fellow humans and loved them to a fault. He grew kinder and wiser and aged well like fine wine! Sitting in his Marco Island penthouse, Bud surveyed the beach below with the Pelicans and the Osprey drifting by his lanai as he lazed in his recliner. He often reflected, "I don't think I could've done finer." He expressed how grateful he was to get to spend many, many years with all his friends on Marco and ended his tour sitting in his favorite chair looking out on the handiwork of the Great Spirit. Bud, a proud member of the Great Chickasaw Nation, will be laid to rest in the cemetery at Chandler, OK, after we confirm that he's safely in the great beyond and not having dinner and cocktails with friends at Chops 239 on Marco.
Colbert L. "Bud" Baker, Jr. of Marco Island, FL, went to be with the "Great Spirit" on Friday, March 3, 2017. Bud was born April 14, 1925 to Colbert "Lat" Baker and Lois Brunt Baker in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He loved his family, he loved music, he could whip anyone in the family in tennis and he loved angel food cake made by his mom! He loved a little cocktail now and then! Bud served in WWII and the Korean War and was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. After the War, Bud founded a number of successful companies in his life with Chickasaw Distributors in Houston, Texas being his last and most successful. Inspired by The Great Spirit, Baker was visionary in his approach to all things. He found the best in his fellow humans and loved them to a fault. He grew kinder and wiser and aged well like fine wine! Sitting in his Marco Island penthouse, Bud surveyed the beach below with the Pelicans and the Osprey drifting by his lanai as he lazed in his recliner. He often reflected, "I don't think I could've done finer." He expressed how grateful he was to get to spend many, many years with all his friends on Marco and ended his tour sitting in his favorite chair looking out on the handiwork of the Great Spirit. Bud, a proud member of the Great Chickasaw Nation, will be laid to rest in the cemetery at Chandler, OK, after we confirm that he's safely in the great beyond and not having dinner and cocktails with friends at Chops 239 on Marco.
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