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SSGT Sylvester Hoke “Jerry” Baker

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SSGT Sylvester Hoke “Jerry” Baker Veteran

Birth
Death
21 Nov 1955 (aged 38)
Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7443148, Longitude: -96.7005068
Plot
Sec-P Lot-163 Space-02
Memorial ID
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Sgt. Sylvester Baker, 38, of Lincoln, died Monday at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.


He had been stationed at Camp Wolters, Tex., and had been in the Army 20 years.


Funeral and burial will be in Lincoln.


Surviving are his wife, Patricia; parents, Albert B. and Mary Baker of Lincoln; sister , Mrs. Tillie Keck of Chicago; brothers, Kenneth of California, Ray of Kansas and Bruce of Lincoln; stepmother, Mary Jane Baker of Lincoln; stepbrothers, Loren D. Baker of Ft. Knox, Ky., Paul D. Baker of Lincoln and Alan Ossowski of Hawaii; stepsisters, Mrs. Esther Fagler and Rosalie Baker, both of Lincoln.


Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln, Nebraska - 24 Nov 1955, Thu - Page 5

Sgt. Sylvester Baker, 38, of Lincoln, died Monday at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.


He had been stationed at Camp Wolters, Tex., and had been in the Army 20 years.


Funeral and burial will be in Lincoln.


Surviving are his wife, Patricia; parents, Albert B. and Mary Baker of Lincoln; sister , Mrs. Tillie Keck of Chicago; brothers, Kenneth of California, Ray of Kansas and Bruce of Lincoln; stepmother, Mary Jane Baker of Lincoln; stepbrothers, Loren D. Baker of Ft. Knox, Ky., Paul D. Baker of Lincoln and Alan Ossowski of Hawaii; stepsisters, Mrs. Esther Fagler and Rosalie Baker, both of Lincoln.


Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln, Nebraska - 24 Nov 1955, Thu - Page 5


Inscription

2nd DIvision World War II
20 Years U.S. Army



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  • Maintained by: MB
  • Originally Created by: Jenny Watton
  • Added: Jul 28, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94361922/sylvester_hoke-baker: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Sylvester Hoke “Jerry” Baker (5 Dec 1916–21 Nov 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94361922, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by MB (contributor 50438458).