Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Dr. Ronald G. Baker; a daughter-in-law, Dawn Baker; two wives, Maureen Quinn Baker, and Ella McFarland Baker.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Driver Baker; daughter, Kathleen (Silas) Ball of New Carlisle, OH; 2 sons, Robert P. (Laurel) Baker of Stafford County, and Michael J. Baker of Greenville OH; daughters, Sherri (Michael) Thompson, Rene' Bickel, and Tiffany (Wes) King; five grandchildren, Patrick Baker of Springfield, OH, Patricia Baker of Clearwater, FL, Mark Mugavero of Fairborn, OH, Catherine Klingenberger of Fort Wayne, IN, and Casandra Bereczky of New Carlisle, OH; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Rev. James E. Baker, and one sister-in-law, Patricia Baker (Ron G. Baker).