Baker, Larry L.

Larry L. Baker, 70, of 2027 Sunland Dr. SE, died peacefully on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at his home. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, where there also will be military rites. The Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer will officiate. Entombment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Survivors include his wife, Marge; two daughters, Anna Baker, and her significant other, Daniel Greene Smith, of Marion, and Carey (Aaron) Bewyer of Urbandale; four grandchildren, Eadie, Julian, Brendan and Leah.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Ronald; and sister, Shirley.

Larry was born on June 1, 1939, in Fairmont, Minn., the son of Raymond and Agnes Johnson Baker. He married Marge L. Ramsdell on May 22, 1965, in St. Paul, Minn. Larry was the senior territory manager for H.B. Fuller Company and retired from there after 35 years of service. He was past president of the Professional Sales Association, Optimist Club as well as proudly serving in the Army. Larry enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing and he was an avid sportsman. He treasured time spent with his friends, family and especially his grandchildren. Larry understood the word “honor” and lived in such a way as to show what it meant. There will be a perpetual hole in that part of the world that Larry so beautifully filled.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to St. Paul's United Methodist Church or the American Red Cross for Haiti relief.

Please leave a message or tribute to the Baker family on our Web page, www.cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.

Military rites by American Legion Hanford Post No. 5.