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- from newpaper obituary dated 10 Apr 1942, posted by RasalieAnn of findagrave.com
Clarence H. Baker, 43-year-old electrician was found shot dead at 6:45 a.m. Thursday in the garage of his home, 643 East Tenth. He as found by his wife. A .45-caliber revolver lay beside his body. Justice W.C. Ragan returned a verdict of suicide. Cruising Patrolman Hugh Barlow said Mr. Baker arose at 6 a.m., indicated he was going to his job as an electrical foreman at the new Sheffield Steel Mills on the Ship Channel. He told his wife not to get up. that he would eat breakfast at the restaurant en route. Patrolman Barlow said Mrs. Baker arose at 6:30 a.m. to go to work and found her husband's body in the garage. Mrs. Baker and other member s of his family said Mr. Baker had been working long hours and was in ill health. He had been shot one time in the left side of his head. In his pocket, Patrolman Barlow said, was found a not whic said: "Goodbye, all. Thanks." Fogle-West Funeral Home had charge of funeral arrangements. Houston Chronicle. The body was brought to Richmond, Saturday, for interment in the family lot in Morton cemetery. Clarence was a former Rosenberg boy and a member of one of the county's oldest and most highly esteemed families. His parents preceded him in death, he leaves to mourn his passing his wife; several uncles and an aunt.
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