Robert ‘Bob’ Scott Baker, 79, passed away surrounded by family on Sept. 4, 2025, at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kan. He was born July 23, 1946, in Moran, Kan., to Clarence and Edith (Lantz) Baker.

Bob attended trade school after high school and worked as a barber, owning his own shop in Pleasanton. He worked many years in the oil field and worked his way up and retired at Harbison Fischer in 2005 in sales. He married Doneida Messick Jan. 25, 1970, in Claflin. They made Great Bend their home in 1973. He was a faithful member of First Christian Church, volunteering at the local food bank, and was a member of Masonic Lodge #15, serving in many roles, including master three times. He enjoyed fishing, sharing oilfield stories, tending to his garden, reading, and feeding birds and squirre

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