Zelda Bake
ZELDA BAKE, daughter of HAZEL ALICE LYON and JOHN ALFRED BAKE, was born January 16, 1907 in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah,5051 and died December 26, 2005 in Twin Falls Care Center, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho.8140 She is buried in Metropolis Cemetery, Wells, Elko, Nevada.8140, 456
Personal Information
- Zelda Bake was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.8140
Education
- Zelda Bake graduated from Metropolis High School, Elko County, Nevada, 1925.8140
Obituaries
Times-News, December 29, 20058140
Zelda Wiseman
TWIN FALLS — Zelda Bake Johnson Parker Wiseman, 98, of Twin Falls and former Wells, Nev., resident, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, at the Twin Falls Care Center.
Zelda was born Jan. 16, 1907, in Hyde Park, Utah, to John Alfred Jr. and Hazel Alice Lyon Bake. In 1911, she and her parents moved to a new development 12 miles northwest of Wells, Nev., called Metropolis.
They took a homestead and lived in a tent while John helped build the dam and canal. They built a house on the property and set up a dry farm near Bishop Creek. Zelda attended grammar and high school in Metropolis. She graduated in 1925 as class salutatorian. She always loved to read and occasionally got into trouble at school by reading books and not paying attention in class. During summer vacations, she worked at Cazier or Selby Badt ranches helping cook for the ranch hands.
After graduating from high school, she moved to Wells, where she worked for Lamberts Cottage Cafe. There she met her future husband, Dewey William (Buck) Johnson. They married in September of 1926 in Elko, Nev. In June of 1927, she gave birth to her only child, Alice Marie. She and Buck moved to Beowawe, Nev., and it was there they discovered Buck had inoperable cancer. He was moved to Letterman General Veteran's Hospital in San Francisco, where he died in July 1930, leaving Zelda a widow with a 3-year-old daughter. This was at the height of the depression, and it was very difficult to get employment which paid enough for living expenses and child care. So Zelda sent Alice (Chickie) to her parents in Metropolis. After Buck's death, Zelda used his veteran's insurance to attend beauty school.
In 1932, she went to Metropolis for a visit and met an old friend, Richard Parker. They were married in Elko, Nev. Dick was living on Spruce Mountain, where he ran the mail. They lived there for 18 years. They moved to Wells, where Zelda worked for Jack Donnelly at the Allen Hotel and Cafe. In 1949, Dick and Zelda divorced. She moved to Downey, Calif., where her daughter lived and worked as a nursing attendant at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. She worked there for four years until she met Emmet Coryell Wiseman, who had been Buck's best friend. They were married in Yuma, Ariz. They had four happy years together until he died of a heart attack.
She retired and moved back to Wells, where she lived on the Coryell property, refurbishing an old house there. She remained very active in church, senior citizens, Art Club and others until she had a stroke in 1999. She went to live with her daughter in Twin Falls, Idaho, until 2002 when she had another stroke, which left her severely disabled. Zelda went to live at the Twin Falls Care Center, where they gave her much tender, loving care and kindness. Zelda lived a very difficult life and worked very hard at any endeavor she attempted.
She is survived by her daughter, Alice McIntyre; five grandchildren, Elaine (Derryl) Crossman, Kathleen McIntyre (Charles Ford), Christine (Lester) Holmes, Jack (Melissa) McIntyre; 19 great-grandchildren; and 25 and counting great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Gladys (Savage) Bake and Merle (Savage) Bake. She was preceded in death by her husbands; five brothers, Wayne Bake, Arta Bake, Eural Bake, Alfred Bake and Dean Bake; two sisters, Wanda Cole and Bertie Hyde; her parents; a great-granddaughter, Jessica McIntyre; and a great-grandson, Timothy McIntyre.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at the LDS Church in Wells, Nev., with burial to follow a the Metropolis Cemetery. Family will greet friends one-half hour prior to the service.
