Obituary of Sylvester Baker

MARIENTHAL, KANSAS SYLVESTER LOUIS BAKER, AGE 92, PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2006 AT WICHITA COUNTY L.T.C.U. IN LEOTI, KANSAS. SYLVESTER WAS BORN AUGUST 27, 1914 IN WINDTHORST, TEXAS: THE SON OF JOSEPH & IDA BEREND BAKER. HE WAS A FARMER/STOCKMAN AND HAD BEEN A WICHITA COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE 1916. SYLVESTER WAS A MEMBER OF ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. ON MAY 25, 1943 HE MARRIED MARIE CATHERINE KOHL AT MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. SHE SURVIVES. SYLVESTER'S SURVIVING FAMILY INCLUDES- FOUR SONS- AUGUST BAKER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS VICTOR BAKER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS DELBERT BAKER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS GERALD BAKER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS FOUR DAUGHTERS- EDITH LUDOWESE- SHALLOW WATER, KANSAS LORRAINE RAMOS- LAKIN, KANSAS LORETTA FYLER- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS GERTRUDE ESTES- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS TWENTY GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, TWO SONS, RICHARD BAKER AND MELVIN BAKER, TWO BROTHERS, HERMAN BAKER AND OSCAR BAKER, ONE SISTER, MARIE NORDENSKJOLD AND TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, ANN MARIE RAMOS AND CATHERINE MARIE ESTES. VIGIL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 19, 2006 AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2006 AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, MARIENTHAL, KANSAS WITH FATHER BENJAMIN MARTIN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. MARY CEMETERY, MARIENTHAL, KANSAS FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. MONDAY AND FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE WICHITA COUNTY LONG TERM CARE UNIT OR ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH BOTH IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.