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David M. Baker, 75, of Stony Creek, husband of Ann McCollum Baker, died January 10th, at his home, after a courageous, lengthy battle with cancer.
David grew up in Stony Creek, son of the late Charles and Fannie Baker. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son Greg and wife Christie of Stony Creek, son David and his wife Mindy of Branford, and their two lovely daughters, Sydney and Paige. He is also survived by his sister, Joan Baker Smith and her husband Ron of Sunnyvale, California and aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins.
After graduating from Branford high school, David attended Connecticut School of Electronics where he earned an associates degree in electronics. His long and distinguished career in computer engineering and software began at the Burroughs Corporation. He traveled to 22 states installing radar stations at small Air Force bases until he was inducted into the Army. While stationed in Okinawa, he had many interesting experiences spending time with the people learning their culture. He tutored young students in English and learned to write and speak Japanese. After his discharge from the service, he returned to Burroughs where, in addition to building and maintaining computer hardware, he began his software engineering career. He worked at the Pentagon, Cheyenne Mountain (NORAD) before transferring to Pasadena and San Diego, California where he continued to develop software engineering systems.
David and his family returned to Branford in 1980, where he worked for General Electric. He traveled to GE locations all over the East coast helping to incorporate microcomputers in GE products. David attended night courses at University of Bridgeport and Albertus Magnus, earning a BA degree in 1994.
After working several years at NBC, a GE affiliate, David retired in 2001. He then worked at CuraGen, a biotech company. In 2003, David became Director of Software Engineering for GraphLogic, Inc.
David served on the boards of the Stony Creek Association and the Stony Creek Cemetery Association. He was elected to several terms to the Branford RTM where he served as Majority Leader.
Calling hours will be held at the Guilford Funeral, 115 Church St, Friday, January 17th, 4 to 7 PM. A memorial service will be held at Church of Christ Congregational Church in Stony Creek on Saturday, January 18th at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Smilow Cancer Center, PO Box 2038, New Haven, CT 06519 or Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd, Branford, CT 06405.
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David M. Baker, 75, of Stony Creek, husband of Ann McCollum Baker, died January 10th, at his home, after a courageous, lengthy battle with cancer.
David grew up in Stony Creek, son of the late Charles and Fannie Baker. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son Greg and wife Christie of Stony Creek, son David and his wife Mindy of Branford, and their two lovely daughters, Sydney and Paige. He is also survived by his sister, Joan Baker Smith and her husband Ron of Sunnyvale, California and aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins.
After graduating from Branford high school, David attended Connecticut School of Electronics where he earned an associates degree in electronics. His long and distinguished career in computer engineering and software began at the Burroughs Corporation. He traveled to 22 states installing radar stations at small Air Force bases until he was inducted into the Army. While stationed in Okinawa, he had many interesting experiences spending time with the people learning their culture. He tutored young students in English and learned to write and speak Japanese. After his discharge from the service, he returned to Burroughs where, in addition to building and maintaining computer hardware, he began his software engineering career. He worked at the Pentagon, Cheyenne Mountain (NORAD) before transferring to Pasadena and San Diego, California where he continued to develop software engineering systems.
David and his family returned to Branford in 1980, where he worked for General Electric. He traveled to GE locations all over the East coast helping to incorporate microcomputers in GE products. David attended night courses at University of Bridgeport and Albertus Magnus, earning a BA degree in 1994.
After working several years at NBC, a GE affiliate, David retired in 2001. He then worked at CuraGen, a biotech company. In 2003, David became Director of Software Engineering for GraphLogic, Inc.
David served on the boards of the Stony Creek Association and the Stony Creek Cemetery Association. He was elected to several terms to the Branford RTM where he served as Majority Leader.
Calling hours will be held at the Guilford Funeral, 115 Church St, Friday, January 17th, 4 to 7 PM. A memorial service will be held at Church of Christ Congregational Church in Stony Creek on Saturday, January 18th at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Smilow Cancer Center, PO Box 2038, New Haven, CT 06519 or Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd, Branford, CT 06405.