Robert C. """"Bob"""" Baker, age 57 of Diamondhead, MS, died on Friday, September 5, 2008, in Bay St. Louis.
Bob was owner/operator of Robert C. Baker and Associates in Warrenton, VA as a land surveyor. He was contracted by the FBI to assist with the land surveying of the Ruby Ridge confrontation, the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta.
Bob was a member of the Dad's Club with Holy Trinity School and he was an avid soccer coach with several recreational soccer teams. His favorite hobby was being a ham operator.
Bob is preceded in death by his parents, Robert Charles & Dorothy Ann Gaughan Baker and his brother-in-law, Arnold Nederveld.
He is survived by his loving wife of 28 years, Marybeth Nederveld Baker and his daughters, Saiva Baker, Mara Baker, and Aija Baker all of Diamondhead; his siblings, Ralph Baker of Spokane, WA, Cynthia Ackerman of Knoxville, TN, Neil Baker of Kennewick, WA, and Lawrence Baker of Carriere, MS; his father and mother-in-law, Leonard & Celine Nederveld, Sr., of Diamondhead, and his brother-in-law, Leonard Nederveld, Sr. and his wife, Jody of Lafayette, LA.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Our Lady Academy, Scholarship Fund, 222 S. Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis, MS 39520.
The Riemann Family Funeral Home, 9113 Kiln-DeLisle Road in Pass Christian, MS is in charge of arrangments. For more information, please call (228)586-0510.