MRS. SUSAN ZOOK BAKER, wife of Andrew C. Baker, died at her home on Poplar Street, Roaring Spring, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October 31, following an illness of almost twenty years, the past eight of which she was a helpless invalid. Death was due to chronic indigestion and complications.
She was born at Lafayetteville, this county, on April 17, 1846, and was the daughter of Elias and Mary Zook. After growing to womanhood at Lafayetteville she moved with her mother to Baker's Summit, where she became the wife of Mr. Baker on December 1, 1867. They resided at Baker's Summit until 1883 when they moved into Blair County and in 1900 to Roaring Spring where they have since resided. Since becoming a resident of Roaring Spring she was a faithful member of the Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, four sons: Charles of Duncansville, George of Maria, Elias of Taylor Township, Bertram at home and four daughters, Mrs. Fred Himes, Mrs. John Tingling, Mrs. Robert Garver, all of Roaring Spring, and Miss Nettie at home. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren, one brother, Charles W. Zook, ex-postmaster of Roaring Spring; one half brother, Henry Moore of Sioux City, la., and three half-sisters, Mrs. C. W. Fox and Mrs. Mary Biddle of Roaring Spring and Mrs. Emma Brumbaugh of Defiance.
The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock with services at her late home in charge of Rev. J. A. Better, pastor of the Roaring Spring Church of God. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Source : The Bedford Gazette Newspaper - Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania - Friday, November 5, 1915
MRS. SUSAN ZOOK BAKER, wife of Andrew C. Baker, died at her home on Poplar Street, Roaring Spring, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October 31, following an illness of almost twenty years, the past eight of which she was a helpless invalid. Death was due to chronic indigestion and complications.
She was born at Lafayetteville, this county, on April 17, 1846, and was the daughter of Elias and Mary Zook. After growing to womanhood at Lafayetteville she moved with her mother to Baker's Summit, where she became the wife of Mr. Baker on December 1, 1867. They resided at Baker's Summit until 1883 when they moved into Blair County and in 1900 to Roaring Spring where they have since resided. Since becoming a resident of Roaring Spring she was a faithful member of the Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, four sons: Charles of Duncansville, George of Maria, Elias of Taylor Township, Bertram at home and four daughters, Mrs. Fred Himes, Mrs. John Tingling, Mrs. Robert Garver, all of Roaring Spring, and Miss Nettie at home. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren, one brother, Charles W. Zook, ex-postmaster of Roaring Spring; one half brother, Henry Moore of Sioux City, la., and three half-sisters, Mrs. C. W. Fox and Mrs. Mary Biddle of Roaring Spring and Mrs. Emma Brumbaugh of Defiance.
The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock with services at her late home in charge of Rev. J. A. Better, pastor of the Roaring Spring Church of God. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Source : The Bedford Gazette Newspaper - Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania - Friday, November 5, 1915
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