Monday, December 3, 2018
Ron Wolford is the husband of Jean Baker Wolford, daughter of Cleo Jay Baker, and granddaughter of Thomas Baker.
Ron Wolford is the husband of Jean Baker Wolford, daughter of Cleo Jay Baker, and granddaughter of Thomas Baker.
Ronald J. Wolford
July 27, 1943 ‒ September 05, 2018
After retiring from Westinghouse in Mansfield in 1990, Ron became co-owner and operator of Northridge Construction and later worked for Schnormeier Gardens. He was an active member of Covenant Church, serving as an usher, maintenance and the Connection Center. He was also a former member of Chester Lodge #238 F&AM. In his free time, Ronald loved being in the outdoors, hunting, fishing, trapping and gardening. He was also enjoyed studying history.
Ronald is survived by his wife Jean (Baker) Wolford; a son, James (Kendra) Wolford of Howard; three grandchildren, Macy Wolford, Connor Wolford and Shane Wolford; two brothers, John “Abbie” (Nancy) Wolford of Mount Vernon and George “Dennis” Wolford of Mount Vernon; two sisters, Otis Davis of Mount Vernon and Millie Boyd of Lafayette, Tennessee.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by four brothers, Arthur, Walter, Joe and Paul Wolford and a sister, Rosalie Emmert.
A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2018 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Covenant Church, 13360 New Delaware Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 where friends may call two hours prior to the service. Pastor Tim Overly will be officiating. The family will observe a private burial in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions in Ronald’s name may be made to the Covenant Church, Hospice of Knox County or the charity of one’s choice.
To share a memory or leave a condolence for the family, visit www.snyderfuneralhomes.com
The Dowds-Snyder Funeral Home of Mount Vernon is honored to serve the family of Ronald J. Wolford.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Joseph D. Terrio, husband of Patty Baker Griffith passed January 1, 2018
Joseph D. Terrio Jr., 85, of Caledonia
Joseph D. Terrio Jr., age 85, of Caledonia, OH, and formerly of Newburyport, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Monday, January 1, 2018, at home surrounded by his loving family.
On August 28, 1932, Joseph was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the second of three children of the late Joseph D. Terrio Sr. and Hermaline (Eton) Terrio Packer.
Shortly after turning 17 years old, Joe enlisted to serve his beloved country in the United States Air Force. He served for four years, a veteran of the Korean War. He had been stationed in Puerto Rico, and earned the rank of staff sergeant.
Upon his honorable discharge, Joe returned home to Newburyport, where he ran his own construction business. He was an especially talented woodworker, creating beautiful works of art to fit the incredible architecture in New England. He also shared a loving marriage there with his first wife, Mary Jane Terrio, with whom he raised three children: Donna, Stephen, and James. She preceded him in death. Joe then remarried to Diane Packer, with whom he raised one son, Tony.
Through a random act of fate, Joe got another chance at love at the Boston Airport in 2000. It was there he met Patricia (Baker) Griffith of Caledonia, Ohio, while waiting on an airplane. Knowing they were meant to be together, Pat quickly joined Joe in Newburyport, and they were married on January 30, 2001. Soon thereafter, he retired and they moved to Pat’s home in Caledonia. The timing couldn’t have been better for Pat’s family, as Joe helped bring joy back to their hurting family. Together they enjoyed traveling the world and spending time at their campsite in Hidden Lakes in Mount Gilead, where they had so much fun with Pat’s family. Joe was especially mischievous with their golf carts.
A true gentleman, Joe was a fun loving, outgoing man, who brought joy to everyone he met.
Joe will be missed by his beloved wife, Pat Griffith Terrio; three children: Donna Terrio, James Terrio, and Tony Terrio; four step-children: Tammy (Greg) Krainiak, Don (Michele) Griffith, John (Kim) Griffith, and Beth (Shawn) McEldowney; 13 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; two sisters: Elizabeth Jones and Barbara Ladd; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Including his wife and parents, Joe was preceded in death by his son, Stephen Terro.
His family will greet friends from 2 – 4 p.m. on Friday, January 5, at the Snyder Funeral Homes, GUNDER/HALL Chapel, 347 W. Center St., Marion. Services honoring his life will follow there at 4 p.m. with Rev. Michael Nickelson officiating. Military honors will also be performed there by the Marion County United Veterans Council.
Memorial contributions may be made to OhioHealth Hospice, 278 Barks Rd W, Marion, OH 43302, or to Disabled American Veterans, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.
Snyder Funeral Homes of Marion are honored to have been chosen to serve Joe’s family and your thoughts may be shared with them via www.SnyderFuneralHomes.com.
The Marion Star 1929
Many in attendance at Kennedy Reunion Which is held at Lincoln Park
The following attended the twentieth annual reunion of the Kennedy family held at Lincoln Park August 22. Alexander Kerr, Eveline and Bernice Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs William Baker, Earl Baker, Carl Baker of Bucyrus; Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stump, Almot Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Baker, Robert V. Baker, Dean and Don Baker, Mrs. Ella Hill, Jennie and Lola Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Orange Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Kennedy, George, Pauline and Dorothy Kennedy, Flossie Kennedy, Melvin Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pang born, Lola Kennedy, Dale and Floyd Pangborn, Mrs. C. W. Baldinger, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baker, Ernest, Cleo, Mildred and Beulah Baker, Mrs. Hayes Holland, Mildred and Freda Holland, Mrs. Charlotte Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryson and Lola and Lottie Bryson.
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Baker/Kennedy Reunion 2018 CANCELED
CANCELED - Because we did not get very many responses of people planning on coming we have decided to cancel this year's reunion.
We are meeting again this year 2018
We are meeting again this year 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Canaan Township Hall
2170 State Route 95. Edison, Ohio 43320
close to Denmark, Ohio
Meet between 12:00 – 12:30
Please bring a potluck dish or 2 to share and your own table service. The Canaan Township Hall has a full kitchen, bathrooms, and air conditioning.
Please bring stories, photos and/or items that your family members might have made/owned so we can share their memories. We like to keep these stories and memories active and will try to write them down.
It will be great to catch up again and learn about your activities this year.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Della Baker Garver Story August 2017
Della Baker Garver
Della Baker, the eldest child of Samuel and Lydia Jane Kennedy Baker, was born Sep 6, 1870, near Caledonia Ohio. Her parents must have been proud of her and of sufficient means for they had a tintype (which I still have) made of her as a baby.
On Sep 7, 1898 (age 28) she married farmer Charles Garver who was born May 8, 1869, on a farm across the road from Bortner Reformed Church in N. Bloomfield Twp., Morrow Co. OH. Her sisters all had beaus and begged her to get married because tradition was that the oldest girl must get married first!!!!
In Feb 1900, they lost a little girl, Genevieve Constance, only 5 days old, buried in # 16 Cemetery with a marker shaped like a tree stump to signify a life cut short. The details on the marker show a scroll showing their belief that the innocent are in heaven.
August 22,1902 son Charles Marion was born in Claridon, Ohio. He married Ethel Hood (1906-1981) and had Charles Matthew July 15, 1939, named for his 2 grandfathers. Charles Marion always was called Marion to distinguish him from his father and his son. He won various track and field competitions and worked as a machinist in Warren, Ohio. He died of bladder cancer in Nov 1978, buried in Oakwood Cemetery Warren, OH. Charles Matthew married Joan--- (div), married Mary Denton and had Stephanie who married Tom Owens, now living in Missouri with son and daughter Deacon and Rena, Alexandria Rae-no info, and Charles Bradley, who goes by Brad and also was active in track, married Jennifer Haille and have Kaitlyn, Miles, and Charlotte all living near Atlanta. The 4 Charles Garvers in 4 generations qualifies not to serve in the US military as there a so few male Garvers although Charles born 1869 had several brothers!!!
Marvin Milford was born 1906? And “discovered America” in Marion County, as he used to say. He had red hair like great-grandmother Margaret Shank Kennedy!! He stayed on the Garver farm (the big house and big barn are still standing) in Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio where they had moved in 1907 and was drafted in 1942, although running a farm with elderly parents!!, serving in Germany in a tank. He also was the company barber and I remember seeing the wooden box barber kit he had. Late in life, he married a wonderful woman named Premilla Logan Weaver and they lived in Cleveland where he was the janitor for the Scofield building. She died of cancer of the abdomen after major surgery in New York near her sister, PAP smears had not been developed yet. He lived for a while with his sister in Greene Twp., Trumbull County and then lived in the Veterans hospital in northern West Virginia making leather tooled and small wooden items in spite of arthritis, dying of leukemia. When his nephew Leif got married near Pittsburgh, Marvin made the effort to get to the wedding coming by train.
Interesting that the names Marion and Milford are the names of places the family lived—Marion Ohio and Milford PA-home of some of the Kennedy family.
In 1910, Nov 22, the long-awaited daughter Jane Ermyntrude was born on the farm in Mecca, but she was not named for several months. She was named Jane for her grandmother Lydia Jane Kennedy Baker but her parents wanted another name for her. The story is that Della was visiting a neighbor who suggested they name her Ermyntrude, the heroine in a book the neighbor was reading. Della went home and said I named the baby today, but could not remember what it was, so the next week she visited again and said Ermyntrude all the way home, to which Charlie said: ”how do you spell it?” Della said I don’t know and the next week Della visited again and wrote it down. But the birth certificate only says “Baby girl”!!!!!
Ermyntrude was never nicknamed!! She was very athletic, playing center on the women’s basketball team, going to college at Kent, Ohio, getting a certificate to teach in 2 years and teaching grade school for many years. Her first job was during the depression and she did not get paid for several months. She married Joseph Oliver Kiewlich (farmer, a self-taught engineer at General Motors, Packard Division Warren, OH ) June 6, 1934, and they honeymooned driving to California. Joseph was a sleepwalker-waking Ermyntrude in the night climbing out the window of a motel in CA—she pulled him back in by the leg afraid he would get away if she went after him by the door!!! They lived across the road from the Garver farm for 4 years in a house for which they only had to pay the taxes and keep repaired. Joseph later owned a fishing camp in Ontario, Canada and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and traveling as well as farming.
They had Leif Arnold May 12, 1938, and moved the spring of 1940 to a 40 ac. the farm they purchased 4 miles north of Greene Twp. Trumbull County, Ohio. Leif graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville PA., worked as a salesman for International Harvester in the Pittsburgh area, married Roberta Carter b. 1944- moved to Alameda CA, and had David b. 1974 and Daniel b 1976. David received his Ph.D. in nutrition and cancer and married Merryn and had Robert. Daniel works with computers, received a patent and married Nora who has written a children’s book and has Joseph and a little girl. Then Leif worked for Bank of America as an estimator, divorced, later married Stephanie Johnson King, no issue, who does research with the veteran’s hospital. Leif traveled to 66 countries, some in the 60 ’s when he was in the army in Germany and some as a dance host on various ships. He then worked privately as a handyman in Hillsborough, CA, divorced, lived in Monterey CA and moved back to Trumbull County OH, living in an apartment by a huge ravine with a beautiful waterfall and enjoys bowling, and playing pool.
Sandra Sue was born August 10, 1940, on the farm, graduated from Saint John College of Cleveland 1962, working as a nurse in Warren, Ohio. She lived near Munich, Germany one year working as a nurse and EKG technician while Leif was stationed in Germany, one year in San Diego Ca and 9 years near Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto CA working as a private nurse. Sandra traveled around the world twice (1966,1969) with Semester at Sea, a university on a ship. Married Stanley W Baldwin in Palo Alto CA 1970, no issue, div. 1973. Moved back to the farm in Ohio when Ermyntrude was dying of liver cancer in Dec 1974. Married George Kalas, farmer, July12, 1975, 4 miscarriages, no issue. Became a nurse educator in a school of nursing, mostly in Intensive Care, receiving a Master ’s in Family Health Nursing from Akron University, 1982. Traveled to 65 countries over the years and to every state except Alaska (but soon). Sandra is active in her church teaching adult Bible class, enjoys volleyball, playing pool and traveling.
Linda Louise was born Jan 17,1952 in St Joseph’s Hospital, Warren, Ohio, graduated from Wooster College 1970 and taught art and photography in grade and high school in Mecca, Ohio for 30 years. She married James Corbett, sheriff’s deputy, a businessman with Kinetico water treatment, in 1974 and had Adam and Eric. Adam married Sarah St Clair, whom he met while in college at Grove City, PA., and had Caleb, Clair,, Copper and Clark. Eric graduated from Akron U. and married Tetyana Valesko of Ukraine who he met while working as a trainer on a ship from the Caribbean to Alaska, and have Liev ( a boy, name means lion) b.2014 and Illyana b.2016.
Linda received her Master’s in Education from Ashland College. Linda, Jim, Adam, and Eric have remodeled at least 6 houses. Linda and Jim lived near Copenhagen, Denmark for 6 years working with Kinetico and Linda exhibited her artwork in the embassy there. They enjoy traveling, have a big garden, 5 beef cows each year, 50 chickens each year and now have 5 pigs and a dog named Zena. They just installed an old-fashioned water pump which can water the cows if necessary.
Charles Garver(b. 1869) was a barrel chested man who could cut hay with a scythe bigger and wider than most men and was known for his knowledge of sheep and farming. He died of pneumonia on Ermyntrude’s birthday Nov 22,1942, age 73. The doctor said he could have helped him if he had come a few days sooner. With her husband dead and her children married or in the Army, Della sold the farm moved in with her daughter Ermyntrude and helped with the household. I remember her gathering eggs and cooking. One day she turned on the gas before she lit a match and caused a boom which broke some dishes in the dining room cabinet. She made dresses for me, in fact at Christmas when I received doll clothes I said:” Gee, Mrs. Santa Claus makes buttonholes just like you, Grandma!!” Della traveled to California, various relatives called her a lady. Her sisters from Marion County visited her and set up a quilting frame under the maple trees and made quilts. When I was just a little girl my job was to push the needle back up thru the cloth when one of them lost their needle!!!! I remember they had knobby knees and smelled like Cashmere Bouquet body powder !!
Sometime before Linda was born in 1952, Della was moved to a small nursing home in Mecca, but sadly her roommate was deaf. In 1954, Ermyntrude was at a neighbor’s house for a baby shower which is rare out in the county. Sandra, age 14, was babysitting Linda, age 2 when Ermyntrude suddenly came home and said: “I must get to Mom!!” I remember looking out the window as she drove south and the phone was ringing—as a message that Della was doing poorly and we should come quickly—I said Mom is on her way already.
Later Ermyntrude said that she just knew she should not stay at the party but get to her Mom’s side, Grandma Della died that day,
John F Kennedy was shot of Ermyntrude’s Nov 22 birthday and Robert Kennedy was shot on Ermyntrude’s wedding anniversary June 6.
Charles, Della, Ermyntrude, and Joseph are buried in Hillside Cemetery, Cortland Ohio also called Lakeview. Though they bought 6 graves at the time of Charles’ death, he was so big they used 2 grave spaces for him.
Blessings, Sandra feel free to share, SSKK
8/1/17
| JAMES W. KENNEDY, a prosperous farmer of Big Island Township, Marion County, owns a finely improved homestead on section 10. He is ever found in the front ranks of all new enterprises and is a friend to education and progress. His farm lands aggregate some three hundred and eighteen acres, and on his home place there stands a substantial two-story brick residence. In 1843 a bright youth by the name of William Kennedy (our subject's father) came to this locality from his native state, Pennsylvania, and for a time worked for farmers by the month. He made the best of his advantages, and at last became a school teacher, receiving at first only $11 a month. Subsequently he rented a farm, and later was the owner of a good one himself. He made a success of his various undertakings, devoted himself mainly to stock-raising, and finally became the owner of about eight hundred acres of land. About 1844 William Kennedy married Margaret Shank, who died June 2, 1860. Two years later Mr. Kennedy wedded Mary Lance, who is still living, and whose only child is now Mrs. E. Jones, of Crawford County, Ohio. To the first marriage of our subject's father there were born the following children: Nancy, deceased; Jane, Mrs. Baker of Crawford County; Thomas, a resident of the same county; Martha, Mrs. George Watts, whose death occurred in March, 1883; James;; Emma, Mrs. Madison Roberts, of this county; Anzilla, Mrs. George Watts, of Crawford County; and Margaret E., Mrs. John Hill. James W. Kennedy was born Nov. 8, 1853, and was given a good general education, such a one as would fit him for life's duties. His father gave him substantial assistance when he began farming on his own account. In 1883 he purchased two hundred and fifteen acres, and a year later bought seventeen acres more. Again, in 1886 he became the owner of another tract, containing eighty-six acres. Sept. 21, 1880, Mr. Kennedy married Emma, daughter of P. W. and Adelia (Kilborn) Holverstatt, natives of this county. The latter died Aug. 3, 1890, but the father is still living. For years he has been a worker in the Baptist Church, and is identified with the Republican party. Mrs. Kennedy is one of five children, the others being Clarence K.; Ida L., deceased; Alice A., Mrs. Smith, who is living on the old homestead; and one who died in infancy unnamed. The union of our subject and wife has been blessed with five children: Mabel Edna, born July 29, 1881; Ethel Grace, Mar. 24, 1885; Clarence Merle, Dec. 21, 1886; Fred Laverne, O t. 17, 1888; and Lois Elberta, Mar. 7, 1892. Fred Laverne died Sept. 25, 1889. While Mr. Kennedy has always been an adherent of the Democracy, he, in common with many others, does not give his sanction to the present administration and policy, and if they continue in their course he may transfer his allegiance. In his religious belief he is a Free-Will Baptist, as is also Mrs. Kennedy, and holds membership in the church at Ruth. Source: Portrait & Biographical Records of Marion & Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 430 |
| WILLIAM K. KENNEDY is one of the worthy old settlers of Tully Township, Marion County, and has owned and managed the farm where his present home is located for fifty-one years. Among his friends and neighbors he is considered an authority on matters pertaining not only to agriculture, but also to questions of politics and general moment. He cast his first Presidential ballot for Martin Van Buren, and has always adhered to the Democracy. From time to time he has been called upon to serve in public offices, among which have been Constable, Trustee and Supervisor of the township. He is an extensive land-owner, having three hundred and seventy-five acres in his home farm, and his possessions altogether amount to some eight hundred and twenty acres. This shows what may be achieved by a young man who possesses energy and ambition, for he began being a good constitution and a strong determination. A native of Mifflin County, Pa., our subject was born near the village of Waterloo, Feb.. 16, 1818. His father, Thomas Kennedy, likewise a native of the Keystone State, was of Irish descent, and his mother was in her girlhood a Miss Nancy Kerr. She became the mother of five sons and five daughters of whom William was the first-born. He was born and reared on a farm in his native state, and made the journey to Ohio with his parents in 1832, by team. The family located near Bucyrus, Crawford County, and it was in that locality that our subject first gained an independent living. For seven years he worked for farmers by the month, receiving from $10 to $12 for his services. In 1844 William Kennedy removed to this county, and bought eighty acres of land on section 17. A part of this had been improved, and a log cabin stood on the place. At the end of three years the owner purchased another farm adjoining, and here he has continued to live ever since. He was married, May 28, 1844, to Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Shank. She bore him nine children, and was yet in the prime of life when she was summoned by death, May 28, 1860. The eldest child, Lydia J., marriedSamuel Baker, a farmer of Crawford County; Thomas S., a stock dealer and farmer, also lives in Crawford County; Martha, who became the wife of George Watts, a farmer, died when thirty-seven years of age; William J. is a resident of Big Island Township, this county; Emma married Madison Roberts, a farmer of Big Island Township; Anzilla is the wife of George Watts, of Polk Township; Ella, whose home is in this township, is Mrs. John Hill; and two children died in infancy. Jan. 23, 1862, Mr. Kennedy and Miss Mary Lance were united in marriage. The lady was born Jan. 25, 1827, in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of George and Susan (Mears) Lance, of German and English extraction, respectively. Mrs. Kennedy came to this county with her parents when she was only about four weeks old, the journey hither being made by team. Mr. Lance settled in what is now Crawford County, paying $1.25 per acre for eighty acres of Government land. There he continued to make his home until he was summoned to his final rest. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have only one child, Mira, who is the wife of Ellsworth Jones, a farmer of Crawford County. Both our subject and his estimable wife received their educations in the old-fashioned log school-houses of their youth. Mrs. Kennedy is a member of the Methodist Church, and, like her husband, lends a helping hand to worthy benevolent and religious objects. Our subject has been quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, and in this, as in nearly everything which he undertakes, he has met with success. Source: Portrait & Biographical Records of Marion & Hardin Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 168 |
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Saturday, October 14, 2017
William Kerr Kennedy Obituary
Bucyrus Journal Friday, 2/15/1897
William K. Kennedy was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, February 1818, and died February 2, 1897, aged 78 years, 11 months and 16 days.
He came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1882, locating in Crawford County, just east of Bucyrus. For nearly seven years he labored as a farm hand for the small sum of from six to twelve dollars per month
He was married May 28, 1844, to Margaret B. Shank, to which union were born nine children. The same year he moved to Marion County, taking up his residence in a log cabin about one-quarter of a mile east of his present home. For fifty-three years he lived on the same farm, occupying two or three different houses during those years. His wife departed this life June 2, 1860. He was married to his present wife, Mary A. Lamb (should say Lance), January 23, 1862. To this union, one child was born.
William Kennedy was a good neighbor, a kind husband and father, and a very successful businessman. Nearly four hundred gathered at the Whetstone M. E. church to pay a last tribute of respect to one who had lived so long among them. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. L. Lewis, the pastor.
He leaves a companion, seven children, forty-three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren beside a multitude of neighbors and more distant friends to mourn their loss. Their surviving children are Lydia Jane Baker, T.S. Kennedy, James W. Kennedy, Emma Roberts, Anzilla Watts, Margaret E. Hill and Samira K. Jones
Sunday, October 1, 2017
William Baker's wife Alice Mae Baker's obituary - descendant of William Perry Baker
Alice Mae Baker, age 89, resident of Shelby died Monday September 18, 2017 in Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital.
Born May 29, 1928 to Salathiel G. and Glenna Leone (Boudinot) Fried in Liberty Township near Tiro she had spent the majority of her life in Shelby. She was a 1946 graduate of Tiro High School and after graduation had been employed with the Shelby Mutual Insurance Company. Alice was then the consummate homemaker, a job she thoroughly enjoyed.
She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, a former member of the Tiro Women's Lodge and a current member of the Infant to Adults Mothers Club.
She loved to travel and spending time with her family especially her children and grandchildren. When her children were young she was very involved with PTA and the Little League Boosters and always attended her children's and grandchildren's sporting and extra curricular activities.
Surviving are three sons, David W. (Janet) Baker and Dick A. (Pam) Baker all of Shelby and Paul W. (Denise) Baker of Cambridge; seven grandchildren Melissa Osborne, Nicole (Steve) Bryant, Julie (Josh) Luebke, Jeffrey (Amanda) Baker, Salathiel Baker and Taylor Armstrong, Michael Baker and Cody (Sara) Baker; fourteen great grandchildren Colton and Grayson Osborne, Brody Baker, Peyton and Owen Murphy, Eli Bryant, Blake and Bella Baker, Dane and Graham Baker, Jackson, Evie and Isla Luebke and Charlotte Baker; nieces, nephews; three sisters-in-law Marilyn Fried of Crestline, Shirley Baker and Margaret Baker both of Westerville.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Richard "Bill" Baker 2006; one great granddaughter Jillian Murphy; two brothers Harvey and Harold "Buck" Fried and one sister Naomi Armbruster.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday, September 22, 2017 from the Barkdull Funeral Home & Crematory in Shelby. Reverend Doctor Edna Stahl will officiate with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 and 5:00 to 7:00 PM.
Memorial expressions may be made to the Shelby Police Department Fishing Derby.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Mary Ruth Middleton Simmons - Wife of David Simmons - Daughter In-Law of Hertha Baker Simmons
Mary Ruth (Middleton) Simmons
Mary Ruth (Middleton) Simmons, born April 7, 1925 in Waldorf, MD, departed this life on September 24, 2017 at Harvest, Alabama. She was the youngest daughter of the late Henry Dyer and Bertha Evelyn (Cooke) Middleton.
She attended St. Mary’s school, Bryantown, Waldorf Elementary and La Plata High School where she graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1942. In 1943 she married her childhood sweetheart, David Martin Simmons of Waldorf, in the chapel at Bolling AF Base, Washington where she was employed and he was stationed. In 1971 they moved to Montgomery, Alabama when her civilian job as computer systems analyst with USAF was transferred to Gunter AF Station in Montgomery. David obtained employment as a Parks Inspector with the Alabama Department of Conversation.
In early 1982, she transferred to Andrews AF Base, Maryland, to care for her older brother, Blair Middleton, Washington, DC. She retired in 1985 as supervisory computer systems analyst employed at Andrews Air Base , Maryland and returned to Montgomery where they enjoyed their dancing hobby until David died in 2010. She then lived with her daughter, Carol, in Harvest, Alabama.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Simmons was preceded in death by sons Robert Michael and David Martin Jr., granddaughter Julia Simmons Fabula.
She is survived by sons Thomas Wayne (Joan Slade) Simmons Callaway, MD, Frank Paul (Ann Harris) Simmons, Mechanicsville, MD, John Edward (Paige Kibble) Simmons, Wildwood, GA; daughter Carol Ann Simmons, Harvest, AL; daughters-in-law Rosmund Hart Simmons and Kay Gardiner Simmons; 13 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
Visitation on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Raymond Funeral Service, P.A. 5635 Washington Avenue La Plata, MD 20646.
Mass 9:30 a.m. Thursday, October 5, 2017 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church 3320 St. Peter’s Church Road Waldorf, MD 20601.
Interment to follow at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105.
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Earl and Maida Baker
Maida Louise Miller Baker was born October 29, 1919, thirteen minutes after her twin sister, Aida. The sisters were close all their lives. Maida passed away March 2, 2012 at the Inn at Orchard Park where she made her home that past two years.
Mom’s parents were Leslie and Sarah Miller. She outlived all her siblings, Mattie Miller, Alex Miller, Lillian Bunn, Aida Auck, Philena Frankenfield, and Leslie Miller.
Mom was born near Claridon, Ohio. Grandpa Miller farmed on the shares and the family moved quite often, and even though they moved frequently Mom said that her parents always kept the places neat and clean. They didn’t have much money but the family never went hungry, and they always felt their parents’ love.
Mom could remember going to school at Prospect, (where she started first grade), Unionville (near Marysville), Morral, Marion, Nevada, Sulphur Springs, Mount Zion and Lykens. Grandpa and Grandma moved to the Shelby settlement and since there wasn’t any bus to the Shelby schools, Mom and Aida didn’t go to school between their sophomore and junior years. Grandpa and Grandma moved to the Lykens area and Mom and Aida were able to complete their schooling, graduating in 1939. Mom was always proud of being able to graduate from high school. It was the time of the Great Depression and many young people dropped out of school to help their families. Mom, Aida, and good friend Winnie La Rue McCurdy , played on the girls’ basketball team. Winnie and Mom remained life-long friends as they married men whose farms were “across the road”.
When Mom was a young girl, she hired out in the summer. Her first job was with a lady in Nevada. The woman tried to pay Mom with used clothes instead of money. Mom threw the clothes down and walked away. She never got an allowance. Terribly near-sighted, she didn’t get her first pair of glasses until she was about 12 years old and she had earned enough money. Until then the teachers allowed her to sit close to the chalkboard.
Just think of the changes Mom experienced in her lifetime: horse and wagon to cars; laundry by washboard, to wringers, to automatics; ice boxes to refrigerators and freezers; letters to telephone to computers ; coal and wood stoves to gas furnaces and air conditioning; coal oil lamps to electric lights; radio to black and white TV to remote controlled HDTV. But some things remained a constant in her life. She was loved, she was loving, and she maintained a deep faith in God.
When Mom was helping out at Daisy Baker’s home on what is now Stetzer Road, Daisy’s young brother-in-law remarked on how he thought the neighbor girl was “kind of cute”. Daisy encouraged him to ask her out and that is how Earl Baker and Maida Miller started their courtship. They were married November 20, 1940. They lived in Bucyrus for a few years and then moved “out to the farm”. Pop Baker lived with them. In 1942, Dad received his draft notice. He entered Army training in August. Mom joined him at Camp Grant , Illinois and at Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was sent to Iran in the spring of 1943. Mom did not see him again until his discharge November 25, 1945. There were no computers, Skype, cell phones. The only way of communication was by letter and an occasional telegraph. Mom lived at the farm but also stayed quite a bit with Lillian and Dale in Bucyrus. It was Lillian who took her to the hospital when Dan was born, Oct. 30, 1943. I think Grandpa Baker sent a wire to Dad to tell him “It is a boy”.
After Dad returned home, Mom and he set about creating a home on the farm. Dad also had to work in factories to try to pay the bills. Bonnie was born December 23, 1946; Colleen , December 26, 1953; Sam, June 3, 1958. Money was tight and there was dissension, but even at that we knew that our mother’s love and care was always there for us. She kissed our booboo’s, cared for us when we were sick, told us stories, enjoyed the company of our friends, etc. She would get cross with us but the anger never lasted. She made sure we went to church and Sunday School. She made sure we went to the dentist, the eye doctor, and wore good shoes.
When Mom and Dad moved to Hopley Avenue in 1970, Mom’s life took a change. She began wearing slacks instead of house dresses. She started cleaning homes for various people. What was part time turned into almost full time. She enjoyed interacting with her “people” and if some were just too fussy, she found others willing to hire. She worked until she was 76. During the 70’s and 80’s , Mom and Dad enjoyed time to travel, to help with Colleen’s junior prom, to go to Sam’s football games, and time to enjoy the grandchildren who were coming into their lives. Jenny, Jon, Melissa, Mark, Matt, Brittney, and Todd were much loved. Mom appreciated that somewhere in them was a part of her. When she filled out a questionnaire that Colleen had given her, this is the advice she had for her grandchildren: “Go to church if you can, obey the Ten Commandments, love nature and always think of your parents, even if you are far away.”
March 27, 1987, the love of her life passed away, and Mom became a widow. She continued to live on her own until the spring of 2008. It was during these years that I drew very close to my mom. We spent one day a week getting groceries, going for rides, and eating lunch. We talked about the old days, the problems and the joys that each member of the family were experiencing. We compared the events happening at our churches, listened to music, etc. I am so thankful for those days.
When the difficult decision was made for Mom to move to Fairview Manor, it was just downright sad. But Mom , being her sweet self, won the hearts of the staff and settled in. Then she was moved to Orchard Park, and there again she won the hearts of the staff. To many she was “Miss Maida”. About a year ago, she and I were talking of the hard changes the past few years. I said, “Mom you just cope so well with what comes along.” She replied, “I was born to cope”. And that explains so much of her character----coping, putting others’ needs ahead of her own, being polite. Even in her last days she was saying “thank you”.
I am thankful that we were able to spend time with Mom as she slowly slipped from this life to the next. Yes, it was painful and sad but there was something so intimate, personal , and beautiful for each of us as we said our goodbyes. And so dear mother-- your morning has broken and you are a part of the infinite heavens.
Children of Dean and Maida Baker
Dan Baker, Oct. 30, 1942; Bonnie Baker Hildebrand, Dec. 23, 1946; Colleen Baker Jackson, Dec. 26, 1953; Sam Baker, June 3, 1958.
Dan lives near West Lafayette, Indiana; Colleen lives in Hayesville, OH; and Sam lives in Dyersburg, TN.
This picture was taken January, 2017. The only time we four siblings were able to get together so far this year.
Dean Baker
Written by his daughter Deana Detweiler, August 2017
My dad, Dean Baker, was a twin to Don Baker. They were the second set of twins born to Vernon and Sadie on the farm west of New Winchester. Don was a few minutes older than Dean, and he grew taller than Dean.
Dean attended school at Kirkpatrick through the 11th grade. He then lived with Frank and Wyona (his sister) Furniss in Morral to complete high school and graduate. Frank said Dean was a good student but was a typical boy who didn’t apply himself to school work to achieve his capabilities. But he achieved above average grades apparently without much effort.
Stationed on a destroyer --in the radio room because of his knowledge of Morse Code—he saw kamikazes and other action during this time. During his service, he kept a diary of the most intense days that described how scared he and the other men were when they were getting closer to the attack on Tokyo.
Mom was pregnant for me when Dad left for the service. So she and Ron, my older brother, moved to Waldo to live with her parents. I was born during that time and was almost a year old when my Dad came home. Evidently, I was afraid of this strange man and crawled behind the couch when I saw him. I’m sure that was hard to take!
Dad went back to the Erie Railroad and eventually worked his way up to chief dispatcher. He worked a split shift—first shift on Friday and Saturday, second shift on Sunday and Monday, and third shift on Tuesday. This work schedule had to have an effect on his health. It certainly made his family life different. With our school schedules, we often didn’t see him for days at a time.
Some of my best memories are of vacationing every summer at Lake Erie where we rented a cottage next to Lakeside. Dean and his brothers bought a speedboat together that doubled as a fishing boat and a ski boat. We spent a week in August every year with Robert and Emma and their kids enjoying the fishing, the beach at East Harbor, and the tasty fish fries from the day’s catch of perch. Yum!
After Dean’s retirement in the mid 70’s they sold their home, moved to Pleasant Acres MHP, and bought a travel trailer. They traveled to Arizona to visit Carl and Virginia (his sister) Ralston and other places out west. They spent winters in Florida, too, buying a mobile home in Port Charlotte to be near Naomi’s parents who wintered in Punta Gorda.
In 1987 Dean had experienced extreme fatigue and was diagnosed with aortic stenosis. He had a valve replacement surgery and recovered very well. However, in the early 90’s he began showing signs of memory loss (as Sadie, his mom, had). The trips to Florida had to stop as he was not able to remember how to get places.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Baker/Kennedy Reunion August 6, 2017
Hello Baker and Kennedy Families,
It has been almost a year since we last met for the annual reunion. This year we are doing something different at the reunion; a potluck meal and a tour of 3 cemeteries where our families are buried. This will be a great way to learn about how we all are related and the history of our families.
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Canaan Township Hall
2170 State Route 95. Edison, Ohio 43320
close to Denmark, Ohio
Meet between 12:00 – 12:30
Please bring a potluck dish or 2 to share and your own table service. The Canaan Township Hall has a full kitchen, bathrooms, and air conditioning.
After the meal we will be traveling to three cemeteries; New Caledonia Cemetery in Caledonia, Sixteen Cemetery north of Martel, and Oakwood Cemetery in Bucyrus. We will visit the graves of many of our relatives and have information about who these people are and how you are related to them. Several of the genealogy experts in the family are making booklets with information about these relatives like when they lived, pictures if we have them, how we are related, and where they are buried. In addition, we have found several locations of where these people lived and will be driving by some of these locations. It would be nice to bring some cut flowers to lay at the graves sites for remembrance this day if you can.
We would like to get this information to as many relatives as possible. Our email list has become shorter as people's email addresses change so please forward this information on to any family members that you know and send me these email addresses. I will be sending updates before the event and also post information on the Ohio Baker Family website at:
If you haven't visited this site, you will find over 400 pictures that I have scanned of old Baker and Kennedy family photos and also reunion pictures.
Since we will be printing these booklets of information, it is important to know approximately how many families will be coming this day. We don't want anyone to get lost. In addition, you will have this information to keep and share with your other family members. Please RSVP at osumsharon@gmail.com with your name and how many will be attending the reunion by July 16th. I would also appreciate yoursuggestions about the event soon if you think you would like to attend or have family information to include.
We will only have time to visit these three cemeteries that day but, we want to try to include other relatives information in the booklet. This way, you can visit these graves on your own. Any information you can send me about these relatives would be very helpful.
We are looking forward to a wonderful family reunion and thank you to all who are helping gather the information.
Sharon Gattshall and others working on the event.
Deanna Detweiler
Barb Hildebrand
Bonnie Hildebrand
Sandra Kalas
Dwight Kennedy
Charlotte Sabino
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