William Franklyn Baker

William F. Baker Asheville ~ William Franklyn Baker, 91, of Asheville, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native of Glenwood City, WI, he was the son of the late Merton and Winifred Gillis Baker. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in finance and was a banker for most of his life. He was a WWII veteran of the Army Air Corps. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mildred Burrage Baker; three sons, William F. Baker, Jr of Asheville, Thomas M. Baker and his wife, Terri, of Tahlequah, OK and Kenneth E. Baker and his wife, Lynn, of St. Augustine, FL; three grandchildren, Alaina Baker West, Jessica Baker and Charles Baker, as well as two great-grandchildren, Ryan and Landon West. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian with a funeral service to immediately follow at 2:00 PM in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made in William's memory to ABCCM, 30 Cumberland Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801.