Harold "Terry" Terrance Baker

Harold Terrance Baker, age 75, passed away suddenly January 18, 2019 at his residence in Acworth, Georgia. Harold (Terry) was born in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia on January 17, 1944 to Harold Junior Davis and Marguerite Willis. He was raised by his mother’s sister, Aunt Eva Catherine Willis Baker and her husband Clarence Wycliffe Baker and adopted at the age of sixteen. Harold married first to Doris Jean Costello in 1964 at Marion, West Virginia. Of this marriage were born Terri Lynn Baker Tilghman (Timothy) on December 10, 1966 in Fairmont, West Virginia; and son Michael Terrance Baker (Andrea Ragone Baker) on October 19, 1973 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. Terry married second to Bonnie M. McDaniel (nee Gilchrist) on June 29, 1984 in Oswego, Kendall County, Illinois. To this marriage was born son Ben William Baker on July 8, 1984 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. Harold is also survived by two step children, Sandra Marie McDaniel Teran and James Garrett McDaniel and grandchildren Shane Michael and Chad Timothy Tilghman – sons of Timothy Francis Tilghman and Terri Lynn Baker Tilghman, Allyson Brooke Baker – daughter and Andan Patrick – son of Ben William Baker and Elizabeth Helen Robbins Baker.

Harold was raised an only child but had 4 half sisters, daughters of his birth mother. He knew one sister, Sharon, but never met the others.

Harold graduated in 1961 from Fairmont West High School. He earned an Associate’s Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from Central Technical Institute in Kansas City, Missouri in 1966. He worked as an installer for Chesapeake Bell in Fairmont, West Virginia then moved his family to Illinois where he was hired by Western Electric in Montgomery as a Tester Technician. He retired May 1992 with over 24 years service with AT&T.

A Celebration of life Service will be held Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the Woodstock Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends 2 hours prior to service at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.woodstockfuneralhome.com.