Photo Post #37 | Stephen Harold Baker

Here is a photo of Stephen Harold Baker. He was my mother’s first cousin, the son of Edna Power and Mason Baker. I hadn’t seen a picture of him until my second cousin Joyce sent me this one. Sadly, Stephen died in a motorcycle accident on September 7, 1976. He was only 20 years old.

It had to have been an incredibly trying time for my great aunt Edna (we called her Aunt Poode). Her father (my great grandfather) Earl Power had died the day earlier on September 6th. Within the span of just four days, she lost and buried both her father and her youngest son.

Aunt Poode was certainly the most religious of her siblings as far as I can tell and recall. No doubt it was her faith that helped her through this difficult time.