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Irene B “Rena” <I>Griffin</I> Baker

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Irene B “Rena” Griffin Baker

Birth
Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Jul 1947 (aged 78)
Middlesex, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Barkeyville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. A
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Daughter of Henry J. and Elizabeth Hart Griffin, she married Samuel Baker, was widowed, a retired housekeeper, lived at 14 Parsonage, Newville, Cumberland Co, PA, died in Cumberland County Home of generalized arteriosclerosis, and senile dementia, per death certificate 61596, whose informant was Mrs. Dallas Armstrong of the same address. Buried at Amity Jul 11 1947.

Per Pennsylvania Marriage License, on Jun 24 1891 at the bride's parents' home in Mercer County, PA, Rena Griffin of Worth Township, Mercer County, PA, 21, born in Mercer Co, married Samuel Baker of Worth Twp., a farmer, 23, born in Mercer Co., PA; first marriage for both.

Harrisburg Evening News, Thursday, Jul 10 1947:
Newville, July 10 -- Mrs. Rena Griffin Baker, 78, of 14 Parsonage Street, died Tuesday.

She was the widow of Samuel Baker and a native of Mercer County. She was a member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church, Newville.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Dallas Armstrong, Newville, and Mrs. Alma Kennedy, Oil City; and two brothers, H. Frank Griffin, Brooksville, FL, and Edward B. Griffin, Sharon.

Services will be at 2:30 pm tomorrow in Amity Church, Venango County. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Shoop Funeral Home, Newville.
Daughter of Henry J. and Elizabeth Hart Griffin, she married Samuel Baker, was widowed, a retired housekeeper, lived at 14 Parsonage, Newville, Cumberland Co, PA, died in Cumberland County Home of generalized arteriosclerosis, and senile dementia, per death certificate 61596, whose informant was Mrs. Dallas Armstrong of the same address. Buried at Amity Jul 11 1947.

Per Pennsylvania Marriage License, on Jun 24 1891 at the bride's parents' home in Mercer County, PA, Rena Griffin of Worth Township, Mercer County, PA, 21, born in Mercer Co, married Samuel Baker of Worth Twp., a farmer, 23, born in Mercer Co., PA; first marriage for both.

Harrisburg Evening News, Thursday, Jul 10 1947:
Newville, July 10 -- Mrs. Rena Griffin Baker, 78, of 14 Parsonage Street, died Tuesday.

She was the widow of Samuel Baker and a native of Mercer County. She was a member of Big Springs Presbyterian Church, Newville.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Dallas Armstrong, Newville, and Mrs. Alma Kennedy, Oil City; and two brothers, H. Frank Griffin, Brooksville, FL, and Edward B. Griffin, Sharon.

Services will be at 2:30 pm tomorrow in Amity Church, Venango County. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Shoop Funeral Home, Newville.


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  • Created by: Doris Hartman
  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95503859/irene_b-baker: accessed ), memorial page for Irene B “Rena” Griffin Baker (25 Jun 1869–8 Jul 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95503859, citing Mount Irwin Cemetery, Barkeyville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Doris Hartman (contributor 46978937).