Honorees 05 Honorees
2005
The Baker Family
For four generations, The Baker Family has been a consistent and supportive contributor, in both hands-on and financial ways, to the Escondido community. Mark Baker, a member of the Escondido Rotary Club since 1980, and his family serve well the Rotary theme of “Service Above Self.”
It is our privilege to honor The Baker Family, beginning with the “first generation”, LeRoy and Constance Baker, who came to Escondido in 1937and opened a modest electric shop at 121 West Grand Avenue. Their son, Neville and his wife, Helen, and their one son, Kent, moved here in 1941 from Shreveport, Louisiana, where Neville had been working in the construction of oil wells for a variety of companies. Neville took charge of the business. Two more sons, Jerry and Mark, came along in, respectively 1944 and 1946. The third generation of Bakers all attended Orange Glen Elementary School, then a K-8 school.
Subsequently all graduated from Escondido High School. All are active in the family business.
