Malcolm M. Baker

Malcolm M. Baker, 88 of South Sioux City, passed away Sunday May 6, 2012 at a South Sioux City Care Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Becker – Hunt Funeral Home with the Rev. Carol Jean Stapleton officiating. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in the City Cemetery, Red Cloud, Nebraska. Visitation with the family will be from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Malcolm was born November 20, 1923 in rural Inavale, Nebraska the son of Paul L. and Eda V. (Yingling) Baker. He moved with his parents to Red Cloud, Nebraska November 3, 1929 where he received his schooling. He was employed at different jobs in Nebraska and California. He moved to South Sioux City with his mother to live with his sister Eda Grothen. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Red Cloud. He was a lover of nature and sports. He enjoyed reading. He is survived by his sister Eda I. Grothen of South Sioux City, nieces, nephews and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his step-father George Doering and a brother Robert E. Baker.