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B. O. “Jack” BAKER

Westlawn Memorial Park (Westlawn) Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

B. O. “Jack”
1910-1970

Varetta
1915-1995

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*Obituary
Funeral services for B.O. (Jack) Baker, 59, were to be at 2 p.m. today at Johnson Park Church of Christ, with the pastor, Wesley Mickey, officiating.

Interment was to be in Westlawn Memorial Park directed by Ed Brown & Sons, funeral directors.

Casketbearers are Bill Buford, Dial King, Jay White, Vernon Rash, and Emory Johnson.

Honorary casketbearers are employes of Phillips Petroleum Company NGL department and Carl Hamilton, retired employe.

(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, January 30, 1970)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Bernice Owen Baker
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1911
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1933
Marriage Place: Hughes, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Varetta Kelly
Film Number: 002203793

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Bernice Baker
Death Date: 28 Jan 1970
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Bernice Owen Baker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1910
Birth Place: Tennessee
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 28 Jan 1970
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Finis Bedford Baker
Mother: Lillie Pearl Flowers
Certificate Number: 04707

*Obituary for Varetta
ALAMOSA, Colo. - Funeral services for Varetta Baker Wharton Welcher, 80, South Fork Colo., were at 10 a.m. today at the Del Norte Church of Christ.

Arrangements were by Butler-Showlter [sic] Funeral Directors of Alamosa.

Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Borger, by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.

Mrs. Welcher died Sunday, May 28, 1995 at the Evergreen Nursing Home.

She was born May 6, 1915 in Wetumpka [sic], Okla., and was a former Borger resident. She was a homaker [sic] and a member of the Church of Christ.

Mrs. Welcher was preceded in death by two husbands, Jack Baker on Jan. 28, 1970 and Marion A. "Tud" Wharton in April of 1978; three brothers, four sisters and her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Frank Welcher, of the home; a son, Billy Baker of Euless, Texas, two daughters, Rosetta Dunigan of Amarillo, Texas, Betty Steelman of Canyon, Texas; a brother, Vernon Kelly of Davis, Okla.; 7 grand children and 15 great-grandchildren.

(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, May 31, 1995)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Varetta Kelly
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1915
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1933
Marriage Place: Hughes, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Bernice Owen Baker
Film Number: 002203793

Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Varetta Kelly
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Birth Year: abt 1916
Marriage Date: 5 May 1979
Marriage Place: Moore, Texas, USA
Spouse: Frank H Welcher
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 61

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Varetta K. Welcher
Last Residence:
81132 Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA
BORN: 6 May 1915
Died: 28 May 1995

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Varetta Kelly Baker
[Varetta Wharton]
[Varetta Welcher]
[Varetta Kelly Kelly]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 6 May 1915
Birth Place: Wetumka Hugh, Oklahoma
[Wetumka, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 28 May 1995
Father: Thomas E Kelly
Mother: Rosetta Ducan [sic]
Death Certificate Number: SSA721
Notes: Nov 1940: Name listed as VARETTA KELLY BAKER; 20 Jan 1975: Name listed as VARETTA WHARTON; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as VARETTA KELLY WHARTON; 13 Feb 1984: Name listed as VARETTA WELCHER; 16 Jun 1995: Name listed as VARETTA K WELCHER



Contributor: Edith Guynes Stanley

Contributed on 12/15/20 by neldapat
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Submitted: 12/15/20 • Approved: 12/15/20 • Last Updated: 12/18/20 • R372084-G372084-S3

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