Bessie Aletha Baker is the daughter of Luella Cassingham and Charles Jason Baker. Pearl, as she is known, was born 25 Nov 1897 in Loup City, Sherman, Nebraska. She died 15 Nov 1930 - just short of her 33rd birthday - in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. She was buried 17 Nov 1930 at Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Lot 110.

On 11 Aug 1916, she married Lester Walter Van Druff in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. He was born 20 Jan 1895 in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa. He died 15 Sep 1977 at age 82 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. He was buried 19 Sep 1977 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 63-C, space 1.

Children of Bessie Aletha Baker and Lester Walter Van Druff:

1. Glenn Arthur Van Druff was born 14 May 1917 in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma and died 19 Dec 1918 at age 1 in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
2. Robert Hugh Van Druff was born 30 Nov 1919 in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
3. John Baker Van Druff was born 6 Apr 1923 in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
4. Viola Doris Van Druff was born 7 Nov 1924 in Routt County, Colorado.
5. (unknown) Van Druff was born in Nov 1930 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. He died that same month in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Sources

Information for this family provided by Viola (Van Druff) Vaughn as recorded by Gerald D. Hobson.

Lester:

• Birth from WWI Draft Card.
• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN: 522-09-2874).

Census Listings

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