Wife of Robert Baker
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Constance I. Baker
Constance I. Baker, 70, of Sergeant Bluff died Wednesday, April 1, 1998, at a Sioux City hospital following a lengthy illness.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Jon Gerets, associate pastor, officiating. Graveside services will be in Little Sioux Lutheran Cemetery at Milford, Iowa, with the Rev. Dr. Ray J. Miller, pastor of Little Sioux Lutheran Church, officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today, with the family present from 7 to 9 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. officiated by the Rev. Donohue Sarff, associate pastor of Morningside Lutheran Church, at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
Mrs. Baker was born June 28, 1927, in Le Mars, Iowa, the daughter of Eldo H. and Isabelle (Thomas) Baack. She attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa.
She married Robert H. Baker in December 1943. The couple was later divorced. She resided in Merrill, Iowa from 1942 to 1997, and moved to Sergeant Bluff. She was employed as a traffic manager at KMEG for 18 years, Upon retirement from KMEG, she worked part time for Walmart in Le Mars.
She was a member of Morningside Lutheran Church and the American Legion Auxiliary, where she was a past president. She had been active in the Cub Scouts and Brownies. She enjoyed sewing and crafts.
Survivors include nine children, Randy and his wife Kathy of Shelbyville, Ind., Sandy and her husband Ed Burkhart of Smithland, Iowa, Roberta Trometer of Boston, Mass., Rita Baker of Vancouver, Wash., Judi and her husband Leonard Etheridge of Atlanta, Ga., Francis and his wife Nancy and Tom and his wife Kristi, all of Sioux City, Tod and his wife Brenda of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Jamie and her husband Bill Duerksen of Sergeant Bluff; two sisters, Oina and her husband Wayne Vanderfeen of Ireton, Iowa and Patricia Tammen of Farmer City, Ill.; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her ex-husband; two infant sons, Rodney and Ricky; an infant daughter; a son-in-law, Eldon Trometer; and two brothers, Orville and Emory Baack.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Craig and Thomas Baker, Daniel Burkhart, Monty and Morgan Daniels and Joey Neville.
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Headstone picture requested by: Rev. Kevin Airrington
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Wife of Robert Baker
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Constance I. Baker
Constance I. Baker, 70, of Sergeant Bluff died Wednesday, April 1, 1998, at a Sioux City hospital following a lengthy illness.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Jon Gerets, associate pastor, officiating. Graveside services will be in Little Sioux Lutheran Cemetery at Milford, Iowa, with the Rev. Dr. Ray J. Miller, pastor of Little Sioux Lutheran Church, officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today, with the family present from 7 to 9 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. officiated by the Rev. Donohue Sarff, associate pastor of Morningside Lutheran Church, at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
Mrs. Baker was born June 28, 1927, in Le Mars, Iowa, the daughter of Eldo H. and Isabelle (Thomas) Baack. She attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa.
She married Robert H. Baker in December 1943. The couple was later divorced. She resided in Merrill, Iowa from 1942 to 1997, and moved to Sergeant Bluff. She was employed as a traffic manager at KMEG for 18 years, Upon retirement from KMEG, she worked part time for Walmart in Le Mars.
She was a member of Morningside Lutheran Church and the American Legion Auxiliary, where she was a past president. She had been active in the Cub Scouts and Brownies. She enjoyed sewing and crafts.
Survivors include nine children, Randy and his wife Kathy of Shelbyville, Ind., Sandy and her husband Ed Burkhart of Smithland, Iowa, Roberta Trometer of Boston, Mass., Rita Baker of Vancouver, Wash., Judi and her husband Leonard Etheridge of Atlanta, Ga., Francis and his wife Nancy and Tom and his wife Kristi, all of Sioux City, Tod and his wife Brenda of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Jamie and her husband Bill Duerksen of Sergeant Bluff; two sisters, Oina and her husband Wayne Vanderfeen of Ireton, Iowa and Patricia Tammen of Farmer City, Ill.; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her ex-husband; two infant sons, Rodney and Ricky; an infant daughter; a son-in-law, Eldon Trometer; and two brothers, Orville and Emory Baack.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Craig and Thomas Baker, Daniel Burkhart, Monty and Morgan Daniels and Joey Neville.
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Headstone picture requested by: Rev. Kevin Airrington
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