The Meriden Message Jefferson County Friday March 20, 1931 Altha Elaine BAKER was born August 7, 1915, in Topeka, Kansas, and died at Christ's hospital, Topeka, March 9, 1931, after a brief illness. She leaves to mourn her going her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Baker, two brothers, Harold and Lawrence, and five sisters, Dorothy, Margaret, Virginia, Betty Jane, and Minnie June, all of the home at Meriden. Altha was an eighth grade pupil in the Meriden grade school. She joined the U.B. church, Nov. 20, 1928. She was a genial disposition and always appreciated friendship. Her sudden and untimely death has brought the sympathy of the entire community to her parents and relatives.