SAM BAKER, longtime resident of Middle River, died on Monday, February 25, at Franklin Square Hospital at the age of 93. Sam took over the businesses of his father, Harry Baker in 1934. The businesses included a coal yard, a feed shed for fowl including chickens, ducks and turkeys, and a grocery store that sold dry goods like workman's gloves, pants, shirts and overalls. The store was licensed to sell distilled beverages. Sam was one of the students among 32 graduates of Kenwood High School in 1932. He played on the varsity soccer and basketball teams. He was an avid hunter of small game and deer. He liked crabbing and fishing. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Pharmacist Mate on cutters, largely in the North Atlantic during WWII. Sam is survived by his son, Henry and his wife Joanne of Morganville, NJ, a daughter Ellen and husband Michael Mullman, a granddaughter Cassie and a grandson Jeremy and Jennifer Mullman and great-grandson Jack Harris Mullman, all of Chicago. Sam has been a widower since 1995, having lost his beloved wife Lil.