Donald “Neil” Baker, 75, Hamilton, passed away on Dec. 3, 2019, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Missouri.
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Neil was born to Chester Junior and Madonna Ruth (Potts) Baker, on April 5, 1944, at the Chillicothe, Missouri, hospital.
As a child, Neil spent a lot of his summer vacations in Kidder with his grandparents.
In 1962, Neil graduated from Trenton High School in Trenton, Missouri. Following graduation, he worked at Trenton Foods, in Trenton.
In 1967, Neil became a claims adjuster for MFA Insurance. He became an agent and took over his first agency, in Princeton, Missouri, in 1972. While in Princeton, Neil spent several years along with his buddy, Bob Bryan, as the KTTN “voice” of Princeton Tigers Football.
Always the comedian, he was also well known as the “villain” every year in the Calamity Jane Days’ Melodramas.
Neil was a member of the Princeton Rotary Club and The Princeton United Methodist Church.
Neil and his family moved to Hamilton, in 1984, where he took over the Shelter Insurance agency of Scoot McCrary. Neil truly loved visiting with his clients and enjoyed his daily coffee shop trips. He retired from Shelter Insurance after 50 years of loyal service, in Aug. of 2017.
Neil married Cindy Schaeffer, on Sept. 2, 1992, at the Hamilton Federated Church.
Neil’s love of cars, bikes, scooters, let’s just call it “man toys”, was endless. He loved collecting unique items and sharing them with all his friends. He also had a great love of pets and always had stories to tell about his dogs, Izzy and Bella, and his beloved cat, Tinkerbell.
Neil was a member of the Federated Church, in Hamilton, where he enjoyed teaching Sunday School on occasion.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; grandparents; and brother, Allen Wayne Baker.
Survivors include: his wife, Cindy, of the home; children: Paige (David) Lund, Lake Viking, Missouri, Chad (Kristie) Baker, Fort Worth, Texas, Staci (Kevin) Ireland, Trenton, Candice (Lee) Hanks, Gower, Missouri, and Nathan Schaeffer, Hamilton; grandchildren: Trevor (Adriana) Lund, Trey (Molly) Lund, Tessa Lund, Kaitlyn and Maison Baker, Taurren (Jacob) Bottcher, Trisha (Ivan) Greenwood, Trent (Cassie) Ireland, Allyson and Matthew Hanks, and Natalie and Blake Schaeffer; great-grandchildren: Andi Lund, Emilyn and Elkie Bottcher, Rex, Nellie and Naason Greenwood, Macklyn Ireland, and Grace Rapp; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews; and friends.