Augusta - Kenneth R. Baker, 89, of the Cony Road, died on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the Maine Veterans Home, Augusta.

He was born in Bath on September 19, 1921, the son of Walter and Estelle (Blackman) Baker.

Kenny grew up in Woolwich, attended the Chopps School and went off to serve his country by joining the United States Army where he served faithfully as a cook from 1942-1945 after which he received an honorable discharge. He loved to share some of the stories and antics that went on in the cook shack wherever he was serving. He was awarded a "sharpshooter" medal for his proficiency as a rifleman, which certainly helped out later when he would go on successful bull moose hunts and/or buck hunts....and, he was never one to come home with a doe, but always a buck, and usually a pretty good sized one!! He especially enjoyed coming home from a successful hunt and showing off that monstrous bull moose he shot or the big buck with all the antlers. He was a true sportsman!! In addition to hunting, Kenny enjoyed playing the guitar and listening to "country western" music; as well as riding his motorcycle and doing lots of fishing when time allowed.

Kenny worked many years at the Hyde Wyndless Plant in Bath and then was a shipfitter for many years at Bath Iron Works from which he eventually retired from in the early 1980s.

While Kenny was a long term resident of the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta, he made many friends and was known for his "joking around" and his great sense of humor as well as his "gentlemen's politeness". Kenny was a member of the Emerson and Lane Post #132, American Legion, Richmond.

Kenny was predeceased by his parents; wife Madeline Henderson Baker; daughters Janice Dodd and Donna Crosman; sisters Florence Temple, Elsie Stinson, Helen Clancey; brothers Milton Baker, Everett Baker, Bernard Baker, Francis Baker and Russell Baker. Kenny is survived by his daughters Toni Bryant of Harpswell and Barbara Billings and husband Russell of Woolwich; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; sons-in-law Donald Dodd and Richard Crosman; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Family and friends are invited to a memorial visitation on Saturday, July 16th, from 11am to 12 noon, with a funeral service commencing at noon at the Kincer Funeral Home in Richmond. Burial will take place following the service at Riverside Cemetery, Woolwich where military honors will be rendered.

Arrangements are under the care of Kincer Funeral Home 130 Pleasant St. Richmond, Me 04357.