H Wade Baker

H. Wade Baker, 88, died peacefully on May 12, 2018. Wade was born in his grandmother's home in Surry County, N.C., in 1929. He graduated from the State College of Washington, now WSU, in 1958. He was an Army soldier, a city cop, a county deputy sheriff, a forest ranger and a federal agent. In 1970, he moved to Alaska to head the local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. He was also a loving husband and father. He loved to hunt and fish, build and whittle, and make everybody laugh. Wade is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lola; son, Walter; daughter, Beth; brother, Jacob; and other kin. A service will be held at 11 a.m. on June 16, 2018, at First Christian Church on LaTouche Street in Anchorage, Alaska. His ashes will be returned to the land of his youth.