Josephine Baker, 100, former teacher

Josephine H. Baker, 100, who taught for 21 years at Ridgefield High School, died Sunday, Dec. 3, at Beacon Brook Health Care in Naugatuck. She was the wife of the late Louis F. Baker, and lived much of her long life in Ridgefield.
Born June 5, 1900, in Ridgefield, she was a daughter of the late Edward J. and Susan (Shea) Hurst. She was a graduate of Danbury Normal School and New Britain Teachers College with a bachelor’s degree.
Mrs. Baker worked for the Ridgefield Board of Education, teaching at Ridgefield High School from 1928 to 1949. She traveled extensively and collected and sold antiques in Ridgefield.
After the death of her husband, she moved to Danbury and was a member of St. Joseph’s Church.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Church Thursday morning at 9. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ridgefield.
There are no calling hours. The Green Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Danbury, is in charge of arrangements.
Contributions in her memory may be made to Father Baker’s Home for Crippled Children, Lackawanna, NY.