Arlene L. Baker, neé Moorehead, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 of age-related causes in her own home.
She was born in Thayer County, Neb., moving between farm and ranch country in Nebraska until she went to Business College in Lincoln, Neb. She lived and worked in Lincoln until she married William L. Baker in 1955. They lived in McCook, Neb. until he was transferred to Eau Claire, Wis., where their three children were born. In 1973, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and then moved to Tigard, Ore., in 1979.
She belonged to Calvin Presbyterian Church, Eastern Star and helped with Loaves and Fishes. She loved working on crafts, whether on her own, with the ladies in Trailer Clubs that she and her husband belonged to, or Eastern Star or church for bazaars. She loved gardening. While she never wanted to own a house after her husband died, she encouraged her daughter, with whom she lived to buy a house and filled almost every empty space with flowers and plants of every shape and variety. Almost every day she could be found out in the backyard tending to her plants, until she was not physically able to anymore.
She loved traveling. She, her husband and family traveled to many places in the U.S. from Washington, D.C. to Hawaii. Their favorite place was Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. When they lived in Salt Lake City, they would go there for a week every year. In her later years when she couldn't travel very much, she loved sitting in her chair and watching the birds and squirrels in the backyard. If she didn't immediately know a bird, she would look it up in the many bird books that she had for identifying them.
She is survived by her children, Alicia A. Baker, Tualatin, Ore., Bradley W. Baker, Warrenton, Ore., Kimberly K. (Larry D.) Seely, Hammond, Ore.; grandchild, Chris D. Seely, Austin, Texas; one niece; two nephews; and two cousins. She was preceded in death, by her husband, Bill; and her two sisters, Madlyn and Margaret.
A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 18, 2019, at Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, OR. Remembrances may be made in her memory to The Salvation Army.
Published in The Oregonian from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, 2019
She was born in Thayer County, Neb., moving between farm and ranch country in Nebraska until she went to Business College in Lincoln, Neb. She lived and worked in Lincoln until she married William L. Baker in 1955. They lived in McCook, Neb. until he was transferred to Eau Claire, Wis., where their three children were born. In 1973, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and then moved to Tigard, Ore., in 1979.
She belonged to Calvin Presbyterian Church, Eastern Star and helped with Loaves and Fishes. She loved working on crafts, whether on her own, with the ladies in Trailer Clubs that she and her husband belonged to, or Eastern Star or church for bazaars. She loved gardening. While she never wanted to own a house after her husband died, she encouraged her daughter, with whom she lived to buy a house and filled almost every empty space with flowers and plants of every shape and variety. Almost every day she could be found out in the backyard tending to her plants, until she was not physically able to anymore.
She loved traveling. She, her husband and family traveled to many places in the U.S. from Washington, D.C. to Hawaii. Their favorite place was Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. When they lived in Salt Lake City, they would go there for a week every year. In her later years when she couldn't travel very much, she loved sitting in her chair and watching the birds and squirrels in the backyard. If she didn't immediately know a bird, she would look it up in the many bird books that she had for identifying them.
She is survived by her children, Alicia A. Baker, Tualatin, Ore., Bradley W. Baker, Warrenton, Ore., Kimberly K. (Larry D.) Seely, Hammond, Ore.; grandchild, Chris D. Seely, Austin, Texas; one niece; two nephews; and two cousins. She was preceded in death, by her husband, Bill; and her two sisters, Madlyn and Margaret.
A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 18, 2019, at Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, OR. Remembrances may be made in her memory to The Salvation Army.
Published in The Oregonian from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, 2019
Arlene L. Baker, neé Moorehead, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 of age-related causes in her own home.
She was born in Thayer County, Neb., moving between farm and ranch country in Nebraska until she went to Business College in Lincoln, Neb. She lived and worked in Lincoln until she married William L. Baker in 1955. They lived in McCook, Neb. until he was transferred to Eau Claire, Wis., where their three children were born. In 1973, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and then moved to Tigard, Ore., in 1979.
She belonged to Calvin Presbyterian Church, Eastern Star and helped with Loaves and Fishes. She loved working on crafts, whether on her own, with the ladies in Trailer Clubs that she and her husband belonged to, or Eastern Star or church for bazaars. She loved gardening. While she never wanted to own a house after her husband died, she encouraged her daughter, with whom she lived to buy a house and filled almost every empty space with flowers and plants of every shape and variety. Almost every day she could be found out in the backyard tending to her plants, until she was not physically able to anymore.
She loved traveling. She, her husband and family traveled to many places in the U.S. from Washington, D.C. to Hawaii. Their favorite place was Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. When they lived in Salt Lake City, they would go there for a week every year. In her later years when she couldn't travel very much, she loved sitting in her chair and watching the birds and squirrels in the backyard. If she didn't immediately know a bird, she would look it up in the many bird books that she had for identifying them.
She is survived by her children, Alicia A. Baker, Tualatin, Ore., Bradley W. Baker, Warrenton, Ore., Kimberly K. (Larry D.) Seely, Hammond, Ore.; grandchild, Chris D. Seely, Austin, Texas; one niece; two nephews; and two cousins. She was preceded in death, by her husband, Bill; and her two sisters, Madlyn and Margaret.
A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 18, 2019, at Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, OR. Remembrances may be made in her memory to The Salvation Army.
Published in The Oregonian from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, 2019
She was born in Thayer County, Neb., moving between farm and ranch country in Nebraska until she went to Business College in Lincoln, Neb. She lived and worked in Lincoln until she married William L. Baker in 1955. They lived in McCook, Neb. until he was transferred to Eau Claire, Wis., where their three children were born. In 1973, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and then moved to Tigard, Ore., in 1979.
She belonged to Calvin Presbyterian Church, Eastern Star and helped with Loaves and Fishes. She loved working on crafts, whether on her own, with the ladies in Trailer Clubs that she and her husband belonged to, or Eastern Star or church for bazaars. She loved gardening. While she never wanted to own a house after her husband died, she encouraged her daughter, with whom she lived to buy a house and filled almost every empty space with flowers and plants of every shape and variety. Almost every day she could be found out in the backyard tending to her plants, until she was not physically able to anymore.
She loved traveling. She, her husband and family traveled to many places in the U.S. from Washington, D.C. to Hawaii. Their favorite place was Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. When they lived in Salt Lake City, they would go there for a week every year. In her later years when she couldn't travel very much, she loved sitting in her chair and watching the birds and squirrels in the backyard. If she didn't immediately know a bird, she would look it up in the many bird books that she had for identifying them.
She is survived by her children, Alicia A. Baker, Tualatin, Ore., Bradley W. Baker, Warrenton, Ore., Kimberly K. (Larry D.) Seely, Hammond, Ore.; grandchild, Chris D. Seely, Austin, Texas; one niece; two nephews; and two cousins. She was preceded in death, by her husband, Bill; and her two sisters, Madlyn and Margaret.
A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 18, 2019, at Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, OR. Remembrances may be made in her memory to The Salvation Army.
Published in The Oregonian from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, 2019
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