Eleventh Generation

835. Vent Ray BAKER was born on 14 July 1912. He died on 8 September 1948 at the age of 36.

1940 Census. Miami, Ward 4, Ottawa Co, OK, Hh 92
Lived in same place in 1935
Vant Baker, 27, b. MO, Mill Man
Jewel, wife, 24, b. MO, Laundry
Bobby, son, 8, b. OK
Perry Don, son, 6, b. OK
Olive May, age 1, b. OK

Enlisted U.S. Air Corps, 5 Aug 1946, as a Corporal for Hawaiian Dept at Salina, Kansas.

Application of Military Headstone. Enlisted 5 Aug 1946; Discharged 8 Apr 1947. Sgt. Headquarters Company. From Oklahoma - b. 14 Jul 1912, d. 8 Sep 1948. To be placed Hickory Grove Cemetery, Fairland, OK. Mimie E. Wallace of Miami, OK made application 14 Feb 1948 (stamped 9 May 1949 - obviously she made application after his death - February of 1949).
On the back: Prior service: Inducted 21 Oct 1941, active duty; discharged 10 Jul 1945. 463rd Army Air Corps. Received Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart.

Vent Ray BAKER and Jewell Alberta WYNN were married on 23 November 1931 in Delaware County, Oklahoma. Jewell Alberta WYNN was born on 14 February 1916 in Missouri. She died on 21 January 1999 at the age of 82 in Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

Vent Ray BAKER and Jewell Alberta WYNN had the following children: