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Jay Otis Baker and Zula Warren Marriage Articles Montana Standard (Butte, Montana) December 1, 1929			Lita Baker Birth Announcement Montana Standard (Butte, Montana) August 20, 1930		Jay and Zula Baker Divorce Montana Standard (Butte) December 30, 1932

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Zula Warren Baker Kyler Independent Record (Helena) 24 June 1986				Lita Jacqueline Baker Streib The Boulder Monitor (Boulder, Montana) December 2012
				Lita Jacquelyn (Kyler) Streib passed away peacefully the morning of December 17, 2012, with her husband Jim by her side and surrounded by family. The cause of death was a cerebral aneurysm. Jackie was born on August 16, 1930, to Jay and Zula Warren Baker in Gillette, Wyoming. When she was about 10 years old, she and her mother moved to Butte and later to Boulder. Zula married Karl Kyler; Karl adopted Jackie, and became her father. In high school she met and later married classmate and husband James R. Streib. They were married on June 8, 1952. This was after she had attended Carroll College and Jim had been in the Navy. They liked to say it was the first "mixed" marriage in St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Boulder since before that marriages of mixed faiths were conducted in the parish house. The marriage lasted through nine children and 60 years. Jim owned and operated Boulder Cash Grocery, Karl's Bar and Bowl, and drove school bus to make ends meet. Jackie remained at home as a mom to the children and later worked at Boulder River School and Hospital when the children were out on their own. Jim survives at the home they built on Jefferson Street in Boulder. Jackie was preceded in death by her parents; son David; and brother-in-law John Garden. She is survived by her children: Rick (Sandy) Streib, Lisa (Steve) Barker, Daniel Streib, Jamie (Julia) Streib, Steven Streib, Stephanie (Mike) Howell, Ellen Harne, daughter-in-law Esther Streib, and Kevin Streib; 16 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren (and one on the way); and sister-in-law Rayess (Dee) Garden; plus pets she thought of as her kids. She will be missed by all of them and by the many keno machines she fed over the years. Jackie was a member of St. Catherine's Parish in Boulder. She was proud of the fact that the parishioners, guided and mentored by Father William Greytak, were able to build the parish community center. Cremation has taken place. A celebration of Jackie's life will be conducted by Father Greytak on December 21 at 10:00 a.m. with a reception to follow at St. Catherine's Parish Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Catherine's Parish Center, Boulder Ambulance, or a charity of the donor's choice.