In Memory Of...
Bradley Richard ("Bulldog") Baker

May 15,1956 - May 24,2007

This slideshow is
In Honor of my loving and caring brother.

This is Marshal, the webmaster, and Brad was my brother. Brad was born in Mason City, Iowa to two Iowans.  Our father was in the U.S. Army and I remember  a picture of Brad when he was about 3 years old in dippers and no shirt with my fathers army cap on.  I think Brad knew at that time he wanted to serve our country in the army.

Growing up we shared a room until Papa bought is first house.  Brad asked Momma if it was not to much could he have his own room.  He and I had roomed together until I was 9 and he was 12.  He got his own room.

We moved all over (in the U.S. and Germany and visited many other countries in Europe while we were there) as children which we enjoyed.  Brad had 2 different high schools and excelled in football and wrestling at the second in high school.  After graduation from high school, he went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and played rugby for them.  He loved VMI.  At graduation from VMI our father, a General, gave him his oath into the army.  Brad was very proud of that.  He would have stayed in longer but his wife did not want to travel all over the place. So he got out after 12 years.

Brad loved VMI so much he set up the:
 

I was officially diagnosed with MS in 1994.  My ex-wife and I went to PA to visit him and his wife.  My now ex-wife said he had been drinking or was drunk because of his balance and speech.  I thought it could be his knees which he had six surgery's on but then I watched him and told my ex "No.  He has MS".  He went to the doctor and yes he did.  He never let it get him down.  He NEVER said "Why me?"  We found out that at Christmas time he would call the bank to wish them a Merry Christmas.  That was the was he was about - caring, giving, loving and wanting to make people happy.

He was using his scooter when he did the Walk MS and in 2007 he raised over $10,000 for the MS Society (You will see him cutting the ribbon to start the MS walk in the slices show above).  The day before he passed away he was talking to my father and my step-mother and telling them about how much more money he was going to make for the Walk MS in 2008.  He went home that afternoon and later that night he e-mailed three people who were going to have their birthday on the 24^th.  He had told a neighbor, who had a key to his apartment, that "If my newspaper is not in by noon please come in and help me as I probably have fallen and can not get up".  She came in and saw him in bed and thought he was asleep.  He had unfortunately passed away in his sleep.  He is now in heaven with our mother watching over us walking with out a cane or using a scooter and not wearing his glasses.

At his funeral my father gave part of the eulogy and he used the Boy Scout Pledge as the basis of what Brad was.  Some of his BR's (Brother Rat's=fellow classmates) from VMI also gave part of the eulogy talking about how Brad would never give up.  He did not give up on his MS, it  caused him to get an infection he could not over come.

HE NEVER GAVE UP!

He is survived by Frank H. Baker, our father, Mariann Baker, our step-mother, Mrs. (David) Barbara Baker Wyatt, our sister, Marshal Frank Baker (myself), and Caitlin Baker, his daughter.  Nieces and nephews.

He is with our mother (May 30,1931-January 20, 1997) at Arlington National Cemetery.