Charlie Clarence Baker |
| Posted 2009-07-12 by Sharla |
| THE WICKENBURG SUN THE WEEK OF MAY 14, 2003 Charlie Clarence Baker One of Wickenburg's long time residents, Charlie Clarence Baker, passed away on May 8, 2003 after having been ill for several months. He was born October 1914 in Cashion, Arizona to Ephraim and Marinda Baker. The family moved in the early 1920's to the Wickenburg Area where they settled along the Hassayampa river on Rincon Road in Yavapai County. He attended school in the Little Red school house that is now the Community Bank in Wickenburg. At the age of 13, he was already running a trap line, breaking horses and wrangling on ranches around Wickenburg. On March 24, 1938 Charlie married Rosetta Coleman and they shared 65 years of marriage. They moved to Skull Valley where they worked on the Bar U Bar ranch for several years till moving back on the banks of the Hassayampa river where he built a home for his family. Charlie later gave up the wrangling and went to work for Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company in Wickenburg where he worked for the next 14 years. The family moved into Wickenburg in 1959, later he went to work for the City of Wickenburg until he retired. In his later years he toured the country and enjoyed his favorite past times of hunting, fishing and being out in the desert around Wickenburg. One of the highlights in his later years was having a poem he wrote published in a book of western poetry. Charlie is survived by his wife Rosetta; daughter Rose Marie Morris of Congress; and sons Joe of Wickenburg and Billy of Sweet Home, Ore. In 1977, his son Mike preceded him in death. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters Jessie Morris of Washington State and Bernetta Reynolds of Utah. One brother and four sisters passed away prior to his death. There will be a viewing Wednesday, May 14, from 6-8 p.m. at the Wickenburg Funeral Home and a Masonic graveside service on Thursday, May 15, at 10 am at Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery on Kellis Road. Following the graveside service, a reception will follow at the Baker family home, 196 S. Mesquite. The Wickenburg Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements. See Also: Find A Grave |
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