In Memory

Larry Baker

Larry Baker

Larry Don Baker, 57, of La Grange, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at his residence in La Grange, Texas. Larry was born in Falls City, Nebraska on October 24, 1953, the son of Gloria Rektorik Baker of Victoria formerly of Schulenburg, Texas and the late Gordon F. Baker. He was a retiree of Fayette County and the Fayette County Recycling Center. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Men. He is survived by his wife Charlene Vanek Baker of La Grange; son Andrew Baker of La Grange; mother Gloria Baker of Victoria; sister Mary Scott and husband Tom of Victoria; mother-in-law Vernelle Vanek of La Grange; two brothers-in-law: David Vanek of La Grange and Douglas Vanek of Beaumont; sister-in-law Cheryl Schultz of Nederland; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and two great nieces. He was preceded in death by his father Gordon F. Baker and father-in-law Charles F. Vanek.