He was born on June 4, 1948, in Lakeport, California, to the late Carl Daniel Baker and Goldie Lucille Bowling Baker.  Steve was raised in California and moved to North Carolina where he worked in construction and later lived in Colorado working in the mining industry before moving to Oklahoma in 1971. Steve married June Redale Arterberry on October 19, 1979, in Whitesboro, Texas and she preceded him in death on February 15, 2022.  He was a member of the Texoma Southern Baptist Church and he enjoyed fishing, gardening, hunting and woodworking.