BAKER, Jo Ann B. (Meinders) 1939-2020

BAKER, MEINDERS, SMITH, CRAIG

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 2/14/2020 at 17:58:38

Jo Ann B. Baker

July 7, 1939 - February 11, 2020

Jo Ann B. Baker, 80, died Tuesday, February 11, at Care Initiatives LaPorte City, Specialty Care.

She was born July 7, 1939 in Waterloo, daughter of Henry and Barabra Smith Meinders. She married Donald "Jim" Baker on Sept. 12, 1959 at St. John's Catholic Church in Waterloo. She graduated from Waterloo East High School in 1957. She was a homemaker and worked at Gubbels Heating and Air Conditioning as their bookkeeper.

Survived by: her husband; a son, Brian (Pam) Baker; two daughters, Lori (Ron) Babinat, Sherri (Greg) Schmitz all of Waterloo; five grandchildren, Brad (Aubry) Baldwin, Amanda (Blake)Hansen, Ben (Megan) Baldwin, Adam (Emily) Babinat, and Ashley Babinat; four great-grandchildren, Liam, Camdyn, Emme Hansen and Brinnley Baldwin; three sisters, Sherry Craig of Parkersburg, Linda (Rich) Dawson of Arizona and Sandy (Dan) Grundmeyer of Cedar Falls.

Preceded in death by: her parents and brother-in-law, Patrick Craig.

Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 14 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Waterloo, with burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation from 4 - 7 p.m., Thursday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway where there will be a 7 p.m. Vigil. Visitation will continue for one hour before services at the church.

Memorials can be directed to Care Initiatives Hospice.

“Her hobbies were ceramics, scrapbooking and spending time with her kids and grandkids. Her family and friends meant the world to her.”

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service