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- from "Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families"
Claude Andrus Baker married Alice Edna Jandt, daughter of Geo. Henry and Mary Elizabeth Maudesley Jandt, September 12, 1901. They have no family. Claude A. Baker is a successful business man of Des Moines, Iowa.
- from "The Des Moines Register", 18 Sep 1925 (newspapers.com)
Claude Baker Dies After Long Illness
Brick Dealer Succumbs in St. Paul
News was received of the death at 7 o'clock last night in St. Paul of Claude A. Baker, brick dealer, with offices in the Shops building. Mr. Baker, whose home was at 4010 Woodland avenue, was widely know in Des Moines. Accompanied by Mrs. Baker, he recently went to the university hospital at Iowa City for treatment, having been in poor health for more than a year. From Iowa City he went to St. Paul, where he was undergoing treatment at the time of his death. News of Mr. Baker's death was received by Mrs. J.B. Trenchard, 655 Forty-first street, his sister. Mrs. Baker, who was with her husband, will accompany the body back to Des Moines. With her is Roy M. Baker of Sioux City, a brother of her husband. Mr. Baker came to Des Moines from Chicago in 1909, and since then has been engaged in the builders' supply business. He was born in Sioux City forty-nine years ago, where his father for years was engaged in the hardware business, being one of the early settlers of that part of the state. Mrs. A.D. Baker, his mother, who survives him, make her home in Sioux City.
- from "The Des Moines Sunday Register", 20 Sept 1925
CLAUDE A BAKER BURIAL TOMORROW IN SIOUX CITY
Funeral services for Claude A. Baker, widely known brick dealer, who died Thursday in St. Paul, will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Sioux City, the former home of Mr. Baker. Mr. Baker was 49 years old. He had been ill for a year. He came to Des Moines in 1909 from Chicago and resided at 4010 Woodland avenue. Surviving him are his widow, his mother, Mrs. A.D. Baker of Sioux City; a brother, Roy M. Baker, of Sioux City and a sister, Mrs. J.B. Trenchard, 655 Forty-first street.
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