Filer's Bakery - Glendale, AZ - Arizona Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

FILER'S BAKERY

1939 - 1969

RAY AND LOTTIE FILER MOVED FROM IOWA TO

THE SMALL FARM TOWN OF GLENDALE IN 1939 TO

OPEN A BAKERY AT 7005 N. 58TH AVENUE. THEY

OPERATED THE BAKERY IN THIS BUILDING FOR 30

YEARS. IT WAS A TRUE "HOMETOWN BAKERY",

KNOWN FOR THEIR WEDDING CAKES. RAY DID THE

BAKING AND LOTTIE DID THE DECORATING. THEY

ALSO MADE DELICIOUS VARIETIES OF OF PIES, DONUTS,

BREADS, CAKES, BROWNIES, DANISH ROLLS AND

COOKIES. THEIR SONS, DEAN AND TED, WERE ALSO

BAKERS AND DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE WORKED

THE FRONT COUNTER. IT WAS A FAMILY BUSINESS.

LOTTIE NEVER TURNED AWAY A HUNGRY PERSON

IN NEED AND RAY TOOK A VARIETY OF BAKED

GOODS TO THE FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS EVERY

SATURDAY EVENING. RAY SERVED ON THE GLENDALE

SCHOOL BOARD AND THE GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL,

AS WELL AS BEING A ROTARIAN AND MASON, WHILE

LOTTIE WAS ACTIVE IN SOROPTIMISTS AND THE

ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. THE BAKERY IS

GONE BUT NOT THE MEMORIES OF A CHERISHED

GLENDALE BUSINESS AND ITS OWNERS.

THIS PLAQUE IS PROVIDED BY THE GLENDALE

ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND FUNDED BY

FRIENDS OF FILER'S BAKERY AND THE

GLENDALE CIVIC PRIDE AMBASSADORS

Marker Name: Filer's Bakery Type of history commemorated: Place County: Maricopa Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker: - Glendale Historical Society - Friends of Filer's Bakery - Glendale Civic Pride Ambassadors Year placed: Unknown

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