Carl Marvin Baker Sr.

Mr. Carl Marvin Baker Sr. Mr. Carl Marvin Baker Sr., 85, of Copan, died at 3:20 A.M. on Monday, February 2, 2015 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Baker will be held at 1 P.M. on Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Copan First Baptist Church at 102N. Gertrude in Copan, with Pastor Willard Lyons officiating. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Friends who wish may call for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home from 9 AM until 9 P.M. on Wednesday and Thursday. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the Copan First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 107, Copan, Oklahoma, 74022. Mr. Baker was born on October 19, 1929 at Copan, Oklahoma the son of Leonard Jackson Baker and Lucinda Ellen (Burkart) Baker. He grew up and received his education in Copan and was married to Wilma Colleen Dixon at Caney, Kansas on August 15, 1945. Mr. and Mrs. Baker made their home in Copan all of their married Life. Mr. Baker was employed with the Dewey Portland Cement Company and later with Goodyear repairing tractor tires. In his early 20’s he was employed with Reda Pump Company and after 36 years of service he retired as an inventory manager in 1985. He continued as a contract employee of TRW-Reda on a project in England and Wales. Mr. Baker had also been active as a master home builder and designer, building and designing five houses from the ground up. In addition he renovated another six homes. He was also a woodworker and an outdoorsman who loved to fish, water ski and camp. He was a Deacon and member of the Copan First Baptist Church where he had been a member since his childhood. Mr. Baker is survived by his wife, Colleen Baker of the home, one daughter, Elaine Hintze and her husband Richard of Broken Arrow, Okla., one brother, Harry Baker of Wichita, Kansas, a daughter-in-law, Calvita Lyons and her husband Rev. Willard Lyons of Copan, five grandchildren, Kim Baker Barnett of Copan, Clay Baker of Omaha, Nebraska, Charity Hintze of Broken Arrow, Jeffrey Hintze of Tulsa and Jordan Hintze of Oklahoma City, five great grandchildren, Jacob Barnett with the U.S. Marine Corps in North Carolina, Carli Barnett of Copan, Avery Baker and Samantha Baker both of Omaha, Nebraska, and Jonah Hintze of Oklahoma City, a special cousin, Sue Murray of Copan, and two very special close friends, Bob Alexander and Rick Brower. He was preceded in death by his son, Carl Marvin Baker Jr. in 1978, by his parents, one brother and one sister. PDF Printable Version

Carl Marvin Baker Sr.

October 19, 1929 - February 2, 2015