A. Merle Baker of Cassville died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, July 6, 1952, at
the Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. He had been a patient there for
one week and had been ill for several months. The deceased was born on
June 11, 1906, at Broad Top, R. D., the son of the late Ida Baker
Morningstar. He married Lucille Baker on December 17, 1932, at Warriors
Mark, the Rev. T. Max Hall performing the ceremony. Mr. Baker was a
member of the Cassville Methodist Church and served on the board of
trustees of that church. He belonged to Cromwell Lodge, F. and A. M.,
Lodge 572, the Cassville I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 736 and was a charter member
of the Trough Creek Valley Lions Club. Surviving are his wife, his
step-father, Irvin Morningstar or Saltillo, and the following half
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Grace Kough of Saltillo, Mrs. Helen
Wintringham of South Atteboro, Mass., Samuel and Cloyd Morningstar of
Pittsburgh, Dale Morningstar and Mrs. Pauline Cassidy of Cleveland,
Ohio, Oscar Morningstar of Waefordsburg and Mrs. Edna Stetler of
Leonardstown, Md. Funeral services will be held at the Cassville
Methodist Church with the Rev. Bruce Cleaver assisted by the Rev. T. Max
Hall, officiating. Interment in the Cassville I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
McClain's Funeral Service of Cassville.