Obituary - Ross W. Baker
Contributed to Genealogy Pit Stop
By Bonnie Baker Ryan
Thursday, December 8, 1994
East Liverpool Review
Ross W. Baker, 79
EAST LIVERPOOL - Ross W. Baker, 79, of Duke Road died at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1994, at home following a brief illness.
He was born Aug. 29, 1915 in Portland, Ohio, a son of the late Charles W. and Bertha Bentz Baker.
He lived most of his life here. He was employed 37 ½ years in the cold strip department at the former National Drawn Steel and Crucible Steel Co. The recipient of a Purple Heart, he served with the 776 Tank Destroyer Batallion of he U. S. Army during World War II and compiled more than 550 days of continuous combat duty in Africa, Italy, France and Austria. He graduated from East Liverpool High School in 1934.
He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, the Tri-State Beagle Club, Masonic Lodge 315, American Legion Post 374, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6450 and the East Liverpool High School Alumni Association. He was a 32nd degree member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Steubenville.
His wife, Vesta Mohr Baker, whom he married Nov. 14, 1942, died Sept. 10, 1992.
He is survived by a sister, Leora B. Schmitt of East Liverpool; a brother, Kendall W. Baker of East Liverpool and five nieces and nephews.
Pastor Harry Fox will conduct services at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church. The Tri-State Veterans Burial Group will accord full military honors graveside at Riverview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Dawson Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and at the church an hour before the services Saturday.
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