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Death of Joseph Baker
President of the State Exchange Bank Dies Suddenly from Heart Failure.
Joseph Baker, president of the state Exchange Bank of this city, died suddenly of heart failure at Jetmore yesterday afternoon. It was the calling which he had long expected, yet it might have been delayed a little longer perhaps had it not been for a little unnecessary anxiety upon his part about catching the train which was to bring him home yesterday. Mr. Baker concluded yesterday morning that a little trip would do him good and as the bank had business to attend to near Jetmore he made the trip himself. He had driven a mile or so into the country and on his return to town stopped at a restaurant to get a lunch. Te liveryman who furnished him a conveyance said that he would return in time to get Mr. Baker to the train and drove away. Mr. Baker concluded that the liveryman was not going to return and started on foot for the depot a distance between a quarter and half mile. Just before reaching the depot he saw the train was preparing to start and started upon a run, evidently forgetting his condition for a moment. The exertion was fatal and as he reached the platform he fell forward upon his face and was dead when the first person to notice him reached his side. Mr. Baker has been almost an invalid for twelve years and has always expected to be called suddenly. In all of this time he has been averse to being away over night as he wished when the calling might come to be at his home.
Joseph Baker was born October 21st, 1824, in New York state. He removed to Michigan, going from that state to Belle Plaine, Iowa, in 1886. The following year in April, 1887, he came to Hutchinson and has been a resident here since that time. He has been a careful business man and has always enjoyed the fullest confidence of his fellow men. He was an earnest Christian and one of the leading members of the First Presbyterian church. For the past two years he has been at the head of the state exchange Bank which has had a good and a fast increasing business. He leaves a wife and one son, Willis Baker, who has been associated with the father in the banking business here. Although his death was sudden he had lived to an age which is much above that reaches by most men. His life was one of usefulness and honor, and in laying it down he was well prepared to take up the greater life of the beyond.
The funeral services will be held from the home at No. 718 Sherman street east tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock.
(photo drawing of Joseph Baker on the obituary)
Hutchinson Daily News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Saturday, June 23, 1900
Page – 5 *** column – 3
Death of Joseph Baker
President of the State Exchange Bank Dies Suddenly from Heart Failure.
Joseph Baker, president of the state Exchange Bank of this city, died suddenly of heart failure at Jetmore yesterday afternoon. It was the calling which he had long expected, yet it might have been delayed a little longer perhaps had it not been for a little unnecessary anxiety upon his part about catching the train which was to bring him home yesterday. Mr. Baker concluded yesterday morning that a little trip would do him good and as the bank had business to attend to near Jetmore he made the trip himself. He had driven a mile or so into the country and on his return to town stopped at a restaurant to get a lunch. Te liveryman who furnished him a conveyance said that he would return in time to get Mr. Baker to the train and drove away. Mr. Baker concluded that the liveryman was not going to return and started on foot for the depot a distance between a quarter and half mile. Just before reaching the depot he saw the train was preparing to start and started upon a run, evidently forgetting his condition for a moment. The exertion was fatal and as he reached the platform he fell forward upon his face and was dead when the first person to notice him reached his side. Mr. Baker has been almost an invalid for twelve years and has always expected to be called suddenly. In all of this time he has been averse to being away over night as he wished when the calling might come to be at his home.
Joseph Baker was born October 21st, 1824, in New York state. He removed to Michigan, going from that state to Belle Plaine, Iowa, in 1886. The following year in April, 1887, he came to Hutchinson and has been a resident here since that time. He has been a careful business man and has always enjoyed the fullest confidence of his fellow men. He was an earnest Christian and one of the leading members of the First Presbyterian church. For the past two years he has been at the head of the state exchange Bank which has had a good and a fast increasing business. He leaves a wife and one son, Willis Baker, who has been associated with the father in the banking business here. Although his death was sudden he had lived to an age which is much above that reaches by most men. His life was one of usefulness and honor, and in laying it down he was well prepared to take up the greater life of the beyond.
The funeral services will be held from the home at No. 718 Sherman street east tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock.
(photo drawing of Joseph Baker on the obituary)
Hutchinson Daily News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Saturday, June 23, 1900
Page – 5 *** column – 3
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Death of Joseph Baker
President of the State Exchange Bank Dies Suddenly from Heart Failure.
Joseph Baker, president of the state Exchange Bank of this city, died suddenly of heart failure at Jetmore yesterday afternoon. It was the calling which he had long expected, yet it might have been delayed a little longer perhaps had it not been for a little unnecessary anxiety upon his part about catching the train which was to bring him home yesterday. Mr. Baker concluded yesterday morning that a little trip would do him good and as the bank had business to attend to near Jetmore he made the trip himself. He had driven a mile or so into the country and on his return to town stopped at a restaurant to get a lunch. Te liveryman who furnished him a conveyance said that he would return in time to get Mr. Baker to the train and drove away. Mr. Baker concluded that the liveryman was not going to return and started on foot for the depot a distance between a quarter and half mile. Just before reaching the depot he saw the train was preparing to start and started upon a run, evidently forgetting his condition for a moment. The exertion was fatal and as he reached the platform he fell forward upon his face and was dead when the first person to notice him reached his side. Mr. Baker has been almost an invalid for twelve years and has always expected to be called suddenly. In all of this time he has been averse to being away over night as he wished when the calling might come to be at his home.
Joseph Baker was born October 21st, 1824, in New York state. He removed to Michigan, going from that state to Belle Plaine, Iowa, in 1886. The following year in April, 1887, he came to Hutchinson and has been a resident here since that time. He has been a careful business man and has always enjoyed the fullest confidence of his fellow men. He was an earnest Christian and one of the leading members of the First Presbyterian church. For the past two years he has been at the head of the state exchange Bank which has had a good and a fast increasing business. He leaves a wife and one son, Willis Baker, who has been associated with the father in the banking business here. Although his death was sudden he had lived to an age which is much above that reaches by most men. His life was one of usefulness and honor, and in laying it down he was well prepared to take up the greater life of the beyond.
The funeral services will be held from the home at No. 718 Sherman street east tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock.
(photo drawing of Joseph Baker on the obituary)
Hutchinson Daily News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Saturday, June 23, 1900
Page – 5 *** column – 3
Death of Joseph Baker
President of the State Exchange Bank Dies Suddenly from Heart Failure.
Joseph Baker, president of the state Exchange Bank of this city, died suddenly of heart failure at Jetmore yesterday afternoon. It was the calling which he had long expected, yet it might have been delayed a little longer perhaps had it not been for a little unnecessary anxiety upon his part about catching the train which was to bring him home yesterday. Mr. Baker concluded yesterday morning that a little trip would do him good and as the bank had business to attend to near Jetmore he made the trip himself. He had driven a mile or so into the country and on his return to town stopped at a restaurant to get a lunch. Te liveryman who furnished him a conveyance said that he would return in time to get Mr. Baker to the train and drove away. Mr. Baker concluded that the liveryman was not going to return and started on foot for the depot a distance between a quarter and half mile. Just before reaching the depot he saw the train was preparing to start and started upon a run, evidently forgetting his condition for a moment. The exertion was fatal and as he reached the platform he fell forward upon his face and was dead when the first person to notice him reached his side. Mr. Baker has been almost an invalid for twelve years and has always expected to be called suddenly. In all of this time he has been averse to being away over night as he wished when the calling might come to be at his home.
Joseph Baker was born October 21st, 1824, in New York state. He removed to Michigan, going from that state to Belle Plaine, Iowa, in 1886. The following year in April, 1887, he came to Hutchinson and has been a resident here since that time. He has been a careful business man and has always enjoyed the fullest confidence of his fellow men. He was an earnest Christian and one of the leading members of the First Presbyterian church. For the past two years he has been at the head of the state exchange Bank which has had a good and a fast increasing business. He leaves a wife and one son, Willis Baker, who has been associated with the father in the banking business here. Although his death was sudden he had lived to an age which is much above that reaches by most men. His life was one of usefulness and honor, and in laying it down he was well prepared to take up the greater life of the beyond.
The funeral services will be held from the home at No. 718 Sherman street east tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock.
(photo drawing of Joseph Baker on the obituary)
Hutchinson Daily News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Saturday, June 23, 1900
Page – 5 *** column – 3
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