MINNEAPOLIS — Gretchen Creswell had dealt with cancer for five years and died late last month at age 87. She had been married for the past 27 years to Wiltie, an ophthalmologist by occupation, and living in the Fort Worth, Texas, area.
Donna Baker learned of Gretchen's passing and put in a call to La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune sports writer and a gentleman known to frequent Al Baker's bar and restaurant in Eagan a couple of decades back.
Donna and her late husband Al were the owners, and she was hoping that La Velle — with his strong Twins contacts — could come up with a phone number for Betty Allison, Bob's widow, to give her the news.
