{"id":4989,"date":"2025-03-17T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:27:57","slug":"john-michael-bake-baker-69-of-st-peter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/4989-john-michael-bake-baker-69-of-st-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"John Michael &#8220;Bake&#8221; Baker (69) of St. Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>John Michael &#8220;Bake&#8221; Baker, 69, passed away Monday, January 13, 2025 at his home in St. Peter, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside military rites and interment will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, March 24, 2025 at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Sigel.\u00a0 A reception with refreshments will immediately follow at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Hall in Sigel.\u00a0 To show tribute to John&#8217;s easy-going nature, casual dress is appropriate.\u00a0 Please feel free to wear your Harley Davidson, Americana, Band\/Music, or Hawaiian shirts and attire.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements are in the care of Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John died on Monday, January 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Michael &quot;Bake&quot; 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