MICHAEL "MIKE" BAKER WAS BORN IN TOLLESON, ARIZONA ON FEBRUARY 14, 1947.  MIKE PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 16, 2023.  HE WAS AN EDUCATOR WORKING AT PENTERGAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL  HIS SPECIALITY WAS MATH AND SCIENCE.   HE SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR AS A ARMY SOLDIES AND AS A "BLACK LIONS."  AS A MEMBER OF VFW POST 6310 ROBERT DIAZ LOPEZ POST, HER SERVED AS SENIOR VICE COMMANDER, QUARTERMASTER BUT WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY, PATRIOT PEN AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR PROGRAMS.  HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING WITH SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO GET STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAM.

 

HE LIKED TO TRAVEL WITH HIS WIFE, MERCY AND SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HIS GRANDKITS.   A TRUE ASU SUN DEVEL FAN HE WOULD CONSTANTLY WATCH THEIR SPORTS GAMES.