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Jim Baker

Jim Baker passed away on June 19, 2023, in Whangarei; aged 88.
18 Jul 2023
In memoriam
Jim Baker with Pat Plant and Tom De Winton
Jim Baker with Pat Plant and Tom De Winton

Loved husband of Rosamond, father, and father-in-law of James (Nigel) and Vanessa, Geraldine and Bruce, Dan and Tangiwai, and grandfather of Eleana, Peter, Api, Jimi, Bo, and Mauku. Jim will be sadly missed by his family and by his friends in the many places he lived and taught.

Jim taught at the School between 1966 - 1970 as a Geography teacher and was Housemaster of Hamilton House 1966 - 1967 and Clark House 1968 - 1970. 

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