Charles Baker, Sr., 77, of Phillipsburg, died Thursday, June 1, 2000 in Warren Hospital.

He was a storeroom clerk for the Cameron Division of Ingersoll Rand in Phillipsburg until his retirement in 1975.

Born December 4, 1922 in Phillipsburg, he was the son of the late William and Mary Page Baker.

He was a member of the United Steel Workers Union, Local 5503, Phillipsburg.

He was of the Lutheran faith.

He served in the United States Army as a Private First Class during World War Two. He received the Good Conduct Medal, World War Two Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal and the Germany Occupation Medal. He was assigned to the 1381st Army Air Force Base Unit, North Atlantic Wing Air Transport Command and with Headquarters Company Replacement Training Center at Fort Ord., California.

Mr. Baker and his wife, the former Blanche D. Andrews, would have observed their thirty-ninth wedding anniversary June 17th. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, Joseph and William Rose of Phillipsburg, Charles Baker, Jr. of Milford, Conn., and Richard Baker of Allentown; three daughters, Lillian Rose of Easton, Jean Bogoly of Forks Twp., and Mary Moore or Martins Creek; a sister, Edith Thorp of Nazareth; thirteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Four brothers, William, Paul, James and Daniel and four sisters, Rose Wenner, Shirley K. Storm, Margaret Steinson and Elizabeth Hutchison all died earlier

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 S Main St., Phillipsburg. Rev. John D. Kleist of the First Lutheran Church, Stewartsville will officiate the services. Interment will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Twp. Friends and relatives are invited to attend calling hours, 10:00 a.m. until time of services in the funeral home on Monday.

The family requests memorial to the Phillipsburg Emergency Squad, PO Box 215, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-0215.