Ethel C. Ducharme Baker
Born: December 4, 1910
Died: October 17, 2000
Married: Henry A. Baker (1927)
Children: Shirley Barton, Sylvia Baker, Conrad Baker, Clyde Baker
Ethel C. Ducharme Baker
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, October 18, 2000
Ethel C. Baker
SARANAC LAKE — Ethel C. Baker, 89, formerly of 3 Riverside Dr., Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2000 at Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid where she had been a resident since Oct. 22, 1998.
Born in Plattsburgh on Dec. 4, 1910, she was the daughter of Joseph and Mariah (Rounds) Ducharme. She married Henry A. Baker in Lyon Mountain in 1927. He predeceased her on Nov. 12, 1973.
Mrs. Baker was a resident of Saranac Lake since 1928 coming from Lyon Mountain High in 1927. She was a member of Catholic Daughters of America No. 787 Court St. Bernard. She enjoyed bingo, knitting, baking, and keeping active.
She is survived by one daughter, Shirley Barton of Saranac Lake, 20 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter Sylvia Baker, two sons, Conrad Baker and Clyde Baker, one sister, Charlotte Stone, and one brother, Charles Ducharme.
Calling hours will be at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. A Catholic Daughters service will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 20 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake with Rev. Joseph Wheelock officiating. Burial will follow at St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Saranac Lake.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad or the Saranac Lake Voluntary Health Association in care of the funeral home.