BIRTH: Certificate from Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana; Male Baker, born 28 March 1895, Parents G.G. and Maggie Baker, Filed 11 September 1895
CHURCH: 27 March 1952 Member First Christian Church, Garden City, Kansas
MILITARY: WWI #3229291 U.S. Army Enlisted 27 May 1918 at Garden City, Finney County, Kansas Pvt. 1st Class of Det. 338th F.A. 2nd Co. 1st Bn. 164 D.B. Camp Funston, Kansas. Served with Expeditionary Forces in France. Honorably discharged 18 January 1919
WW II #338 51 19 U.S. Navy Seabees Enlisted 25 August 1943 EM1c, Class V6, USNR; 9 June 1944 Sailed outside the Continental limits of U.S. Eligible to wear Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon; Served with 136th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam and the Islands arriving Pearl Harbor 6-14-44; arrived Eniwetoc 10-26-44; arrived Guam 10-31-44; left Guam 6-22-45. Honorable Discharge 22 August 1945 at
Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois with rating CEM (AA) (T) (CB) V6
OCCUPATION: Farmer with Father; Telephone Lineman; Electrical Contractor; From 1946 to 1966 Supt. of Public Utilities, Lights and Water, for city of Garden City, Kansas. 1966 retired at age 70.
NOTE: Walter, born in Indiana, moved to western Kansas when he was 5 years old(1900) when his parents returned to
Grant County, Kansas to rejoin Walter's Grandfather, John Newton Baker and family. Walter farmed with his father west of Garden City, Kansas until Granville lost the farm in the 1920's. By 1929 Walter and his parents were living on a chicken farm near Conway, Mo. and Walt was
employed by Bell Telephone.
On May 2, 1929 St. James, Mo. had a bad ice storm that brought down all the phone lines. Linemen were brought in from all over the state to help with the repairs and Walt was one of those linemen. Malissa, later to be his wife, was a telephone operator in her home town of St. James. After the repairs were finished Walt was offered a full time job with the local telephone company and by the fall of 1929 Walter moved his parents to St James. The following May he & Malissa were married.
FUNERAL: Per his request Walter was buried in his U.S. Navy, Chief Petty Officer 1st. Class Uniform. He was very proud of his service to his Country.
Walter & Malissa had 3 Children. Two sons Walter, Jr. b. 1933 died 1993 buried in Alva, Oklahoms ans Phillip born 1935 died 1987 Buried at Sea and one daughter, Margaret b. 1931 living in 2012. All 3 were born in St.James, Missouri.
CHURCH: 27 March 1952 Member First Christian Church, Garden City, Kansas
MILITARY: WWI #3229291 U.S. Army Enlisted 27 May 1918 at Garden City, Finney County, Kansas Pvt. 1st Class of Det. 338th F.A. 2nd Co. 1st Bn. 164 D.B. Camp Funston, Kansas. Served with Expeditionary Forces in France. Honorably discharged 18 January 1919
WW II #338 51 19 U.S. Navy Seabees Enlisted 25 August 1943 EM1c, Class V6, USNR; 9 June 1944 Sailed outside the Continental limits of U.S. Eligible to wear Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon; Served with 136th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam and the Islands arriving Pearl Harbor 6-14-44; arrived Eniwetoc 10-26-44; arrived Guam 10-31-44; left Guam 6-22-45. Honorable Discharge 22 August 1945 at
Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois with rating CEM (AA) (T) (CB) V6
OCCUPATION: Farmer with Father; Telephone Lineman; Electrical Contractor; From 1946 to 1966 Supt. of Public Utilities, Lights and Water, for city of Garden City, Kansas. 1966 retired at age 70.
NOTE: Walter, born in Indiana, moved to western Kansas when he was 5 years old(1900) when his parents returned to
Grant County, Kansas to rejoin Walter's Grandfather, John Newton Baker and family. Walter farmed with his father west of Garden City, Kansas until Granville lost the farm in the 1920's. By 1929 Walter and his parents were living on a chicken farm near Conway, Mo. and Walt was
employed by Bell Telephone.
On May 2, 1929 St. James, Mo. had a bad ice storm that brought down all the phone lines. Linemen were brought in from all over the state to help with the repairs and Walt was one of those linemen. Malissa, later to be his wife, was a telephone operator in her home town of St. James. After the repairs were finished Walt was offered a full time job with the local telephone company and by the fall of 1929 Walter moved his parents to St James. The following May he & Malissa were married.
FUNERAL: Per his request Walter was buried in his U.S. Navy, Chief Petty Officer 1st. Class Uniform. He was very proud of his service to his Country.
Walter & Malissa had 3 Children. Two sons Walter, Jr. b. 1933 died 1993 buried in Alva, Oklahoms ans Phillip born 1935 died 1987 Buried at Sea and one daughter, Margaret b. 1931 living in 2012. All 3 were born in St.James, Missouri.
BIRTH: Certificate from Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana; Male Baker, born 28 March 1895, Parents G.G. and Maggie Baker, Filed 11 September 1895
CHURCH: 27 March 1952 Member First Christian Church, Garden City, Kansas
MILITARY: WWI #3229291 U.S. Army Enlisted 27 May 1918 at Garden City, Finney County, Kansas Pvt. 1st Class of Det. 338th F.A. 2nd Co. 1st Bn. 164 D.B. Camp Funston, Kansas. Served with Expeditionary Forces in France. Honorably discharged 18 January 1919
WW II #338 51 19 U.S. Navy Seabees Enlisted 25 August 1943 EM1c, Class V6, USNR; 9 June 1944 Sailed outside the Continental limits of U.S. Eligible to wear Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon; Served with 136th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam and the Islands arriving Pearl Harbor 6-14-44; arrived Eniwetoc 10-26-44; arrived Guam 10-31-44; left Guam 6-22-45. Honorable Discharge 22 August 1945 at
Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois with rating CEM (AA) (T) (CB) V6
OCCUPATION: Farmer with Father; Telephone Lineman; Electrical Contractor; From 1946 to 1966 Supt. of Public Utilities, Lights and Water, for city of Garden City, Kansas. 1966 retired at age 70.
NOTE: Walter, born in Indiana, moved to western Kansas when he was 5 years old(1900) when his parents returned to
Grant County, Kansas to rejoin Walter's Grandfather, John Newton Baker and family. Walter farmed with his father west of Garden City, Kansas until Granville lost the farm in the 1920's. By 1929 Walter and his parents were living on a chicken farm near Conway, Mo. and Walt was
employed by Bell Telephone.
On May 2, 1929 St. James, Mo. had a bad ice storm that brought down all the phone lines. Linemen were brought in from all over the state to help with the repairs and Walt was one of those linemen. Malissa, later to be his wife, was a telephone operator in her home town of St. James. After the repairs were finished Walt was offered a full time job with the local telephone company and by the fall of 1929 Walter moved his parents to St James. The following May he & Malissa were married.
FUNERAL: Per his request Walter was buried in his U.S. Navy, Chief Petty Officer 1st. Class Uniform. He was very proud of his service to his Country.
Walter & Malissa had 3 Children. Two sons Walter, Jr. b. 1933 died 1993 buried in Alva, Oklahoms ans Phillip born 1935 died 1987 Buried at Sea and one daughter, Margaret b. 1931 living in 2012. All 3 were born in St.James, Missouri.
CHURCH: 27 March 1952 Member First Christian Church, Garden City, Kansas
MILITARY: WWI #3229291 U.S. Army Enlisted 27 May 1918 at Garden City, Finney County, Kansas Pvt. 1st Class of Det. 338th F.A. 2nd Co. 1st Bn. 164 D.B. Camp Funston, Kansas. Served with Expeditionary Forces in France. Honorably discharged 18 January 1919
WW II #338 51 19 U.S. Navy Seabees Enlisted 25 August 1943 EM1c, Class V6, USNR; 9 June 1944 Sailed outside the Continental limits of U.S. Eligible to wear Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon; Served with 136th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam and the Islands arriving Pearl Harbor 6-14-44; arrived Eniwetoc 10-26-44; arrived Guam 10-31-44; left Guam 6-22-45. Honorable Discharge 22 August 1945 at
Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois with rating CEM (AA) (T) (CB) V6
OCCUPATION: Farmer with Father; Telephone Lineman; Electrical Contractor; From 1946 to 1966 Supt. of Public Utilities, Lights and Water, for city of Garden City, Kansas. 1966 retired at age 70.
NOTE: Walter, born in Indiana, moved to western Kansas when he was 5 years old(1900) when his parents returned to
Grant County, Kansas to rejoin Walter's Grandfather, John Newton Baker and family. Walter farmed with his father west of Garden City, Kansas until Granville lost the farm in the 1920's. By 1929 Walter and his parents were living on a chicken farm near Conway, Mo. and Walt was
employed by Bell Telephone.
On May 2, 1929 St. James, Mo. had a bad ice storm that brought down all the phone lines. Linemen were brought in from all over the state to help with the repairs and Walt was one of those linemen. Malissa, later to be his wife, was a telephone operator in her home town of St. James. After the repairs were finished Walt was offered a full time job with the local telephone company and by the fall of 1929 Walter moved his parents to St James. The following May he & Malissa were married.
FUNERAL: Per his request Walter was buried in his U.S. Navy, Chief Petty Officer 1st. Class Uniform. He was very proud of his service to his Country.
Walter & Malissa had 3 Children. Two sons Walter, Jr. b. 1933 died 1993 buried in Alva, Oklahoms ans Phillip born 1935 died 1987 Buried at Sea and one daughter, Margaret b. 1931 living in 2012. All 3 were born in St.James, Missouri.
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