Charles Jacob Baker, 83, Liberty Center, died Thursday evening at his residence.

Born in Liberty Center on Jan. 25, 1905, he was the son of Henry M. and Luella (Johnson) Baker. On Aug. 28, 1930, he married Marie Ordway, and she survives.

A superintendent with the Liberty Center Municipal Plant for 32 years, Baker retired from that position in 1962. He held a Class WID water distribution system operator license. He was a former member and past president of the Liberty Center Board of Education (1950-57) and the Henry County Board of Education (1962-77). Baker was also a charter trustee of Northwest Technical College for eight years, a member and former chief of the Liberty Center Volunteer Fire Department, a Red Cross certified instructor, a 62-year member of Liberty Center’s Masonic Lodge and a member of the Liberty Center Odd Fellows Lodge.

Also surviving are a son, Robert C. of Napoleon; a daughter, Luetta S. Briner of Hendersonville, Tenn.; a brother, Henry of Liberty Center; two sisters, Lucille Johnson of Bowling Green and Annabel Norman of Zanesville, Ohio; five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Granville and Kenneth P. Baker; two sisters, Bessie Hoff and Grace Zenz; and a grandson, Richard C. Baker.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Wright Funeral Home, Liberty Center, Rev. William H. Goff of the Liberty Center United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Youngs Cemetery.