Dau of Joseph S. "Joe" Shelten and Mary Charlotte "Lottie" Allen.
m: Boyd BaxterFeb 13 1913
ch:
-Joe 1913-1981
-Martha 1915- (m: Layne)
-Verlie Alice 1917-1989 m: Danel Miller
ch: Wayne, Doris, Marla Sue, Leonia, Imogene
-Chester 1918-1966
-LaVada 1921- m: Thetford
-Nadine 1925- m: Bone
-Geniva 1927- m: Pauley
-Marvin 1928-
-Donald 1931-

Obit: LEONIA BAXTER
CALIPATRIA: Funeral services are to be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Frye Chapel, Brawley, for Mrs. B. M. (Leonia) Baxter, 80, of Route One, Calipatria, who farmed with her husband for the past 49 years in the Northend of Imperial Co. before his death.
Rev. Vernon Storey, pastor of the Calipatria Community church, will officiate with interment in Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Bzxter, in ill health the past four months following a stroke, died Monday afternoon in Pioneers Memorial Hospital. Her late husband, B. M. (Boyd) Baxter, died Dec. 9.
She was born Oct 3 1890 in Missouri and was married Feb. 16 1913, in Hickory County, MO. The couple moved here from that state in 1922. She had been active in affairs of the Calipatria Community Church for many years.
Surviving are three sons, Donald (Brawley), Marvin (Calipatria) and Joe (Galt); five daughters: Mrs. Pegg Layne (Calipatria), Mrs. Geneva Pauley (Brawley) Mrs. Laveda Thetford (Niland), Mrs. Verlie Miller (Highland) and Mrs. Nadine Bone (Norwalk); 37 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren; and five sisters and three brothers residing in Missouri.

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The following from Lorena with thanks:

California Death Index 1940-1997
Baxter, Leonia; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 3 Oct 1890; Birth Place: Missouri; Death Date: 15 Feb 1971; Death Place: Imperial.

US Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007
Leonia Baxter; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 1890; Death Date: 14 Feb 1971; Claim Date: 18 Feb 1971; Type of Claim: Death Claim; Notes: 15 Feb 1971: Name listed as LEONIA BAXTER