James “Jim” Baker, 66, of Newton died on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Newton Healthcare.

A graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Newton Union Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. Memorials in Jim’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Jim, the son of Jesse J. and Jennie A. (Kingsland) Baker, was born on July 22, 1946, in Mason City, Iowa. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1965 and from NIACC in 1968 with a LPN degree. Jim worked at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines from 1968-1970.