Baker Family Burial

Lena Leona (Baker) Thornton | Ethel (Starr) Gore

Lena Leona (Baker) Thornton

Born: August 17, 1884 in Iowa1
Died: December 22, 1955 in San Diego, San Diego Co., California1
Married: Thomas H. Thornton2
Buried or Memorial Stone: Lot 49, plot 8
Lot Owner: Mary Baker, purchased in 1940
Parents: William and Mary Ramsay Baker

Lena Baker Thornton tombstone

Mrs. Thornton Dies in California

Word has been received here of the sudden death Thursday of Mrs. Lena Thornton of San Diego, Cal. She was a sister of George Baker of Newton and Harry Baker of Colfax.

Funeral services will be in San Diego with burial there. The deceased was born and raised here but moved to California a number of years ago.

Ethel (Starr) Gore

Born: 1908
Died: 1947
Buried: Lot 49, plot 3
Parents: Mary Goodwin Starr

Ethel Starr Gore tombstone







1. California Death Index 1940 - 1997 database on www.rootsweb.com
2. Her father's obituary and U.S. Census 1930 California, San Diego, San Diego Co., District 54. Thomas was born in Oregon with his father being born in Canada and his mother in Iowa.

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