Obituary for Ecuador Peace Corps Trainee Gregor V. Baker
Gregor V. Baker
May 10, 1948 — March 6, 2004
NAVASOTA — Graveside services for Gregor V. Baker, 55, of Millican are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Wheat Cemetery.
Tommy Lyons will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Lindley-Robertson-Holt Funeral Home in Navasota.
Mr. Baker died Saturday in Ecuador.
He was born in Baytown and was a volunteer with the Peace Corps. He had lived in Millican for the past 30 years. He attended Idaho State University. Mr. Baker graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown, and upon his return from Vietnam he attended the University of Texas and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He traveled the world and was most recently a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador at the time of his death. He was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a Methodist.
Survivors include a son, Travis Baker of Lafayette, La.; a daughter, Anna Baker of Millican; a brother and sister-in-law, Carson and Bev Baker of Shelbyville, Ky.; his mother, Gwen Royder-Williams of Fredericksburg; and a grandson.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
