Jewell E. Baker, the daughter of C. A. and Emma Campbell Hammer was born July 3, 1914 in Allendale, Missouri. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Redding, Iowa, where she attended school and graduated from Redding High School. She then became a student at Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri for two years receiving her teaching certificate in Intermediate Education. She continued her education by attending summer sessions and taking correspondence courses given by the college. Jewell taught grade school in Hatfield, Missouri, Delphos, Iowa, Kellerton, Iowa and Clearfield, Iowa.

On October 27, 1945, Jewell was united in marriage to Frank Baker of Hatfield, Missouri. Soon after, Frank was honorably discharged from the United States Army, and they moved to Bethany, Missouri, then to Newton, Kansas, where they lived for approximately 19 years. Soon after her marriage to Frank, Jewell ended her teaching career, preferring to donate her time to homemaking. In 1973 they moved to Tarkio, where on November 11, 1988, after 43 years of marriage, Frank passed away at the age of 74 years. Jewell remained in Tarkio until the present time. From the time she was a small child, Jewell felt the desire to attend Sunday School and Church, to study God’s word and be a faithful witness to her Savior Jesus Christ. She passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Community Hospital, Fairfax, Missouri at the age of 93 years.

Besides her parents and husband Frank, Jewell was preceded in death by three brothers, Artis, Dale and Arnold, and a baby sister Blondina Rae. Survivors include nieces and nephews.

Services: 10:30 am Wednesday, January 9, 2008, First Christian Church, Tarkio
Interment: Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Missouri
There is no scheduled family visitation.
Memorials may be directed to the Tarkio Nutrition Center or the First Christian Church, Tarkio.
Services under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio