Bert Dee Baker passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at the age of 91, in Selma, California. He was a resident of the Bethel Lutheran Home in Selma. Bert had suffered from Parkinson s Disease the last several years and endured numerous bouts of pneumonia as well. It was pneumonia that ultimately took his life.
Bert was born in Selma on July 13, 1929 and attended schools in both Selma and Mariposa, California. There was also a brief engagement with the United States Merchant Marine and time in Korea with the US Army. Bert then settled in Selma where he met and married Betty Darlene Cannon, eldest daughter of William and Lily Cannon. Bert and Betty were married on September 18, 1953 marking a marriage that lasted 67 years.