Cove, Union County, Oregon
Four-Year-Old Boy Passes On
Robert Orien Baker, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Baker, passed away at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Baker, at 5 o’clock March 7th, 1922, from pneumonia.
He was born near Cove, January 27, 1918, and was four years, one month and 11 days old. His mother, Mrs. R. J. Baker, was laid to rest on March 4th, and he leaves his father, a brother and sister, besides other relatives. The remains were laid to rest beside his mother in Cove cemetery at 11:30 Wednesday morning.
They are not dead, they have but passed
Beyond the mists that blind us here
Into the new and larger life of that serener sphere
The La Grande Observer,
March 13, 1922:
Contributed by:Holly Vonderohe