Camillus I. (HEINDENREICH) BAKER

BAKER, HEINDENREICH, LYNCH, ORPEN, LIGHTHALL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/14/2012 at 05:08:19

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, September 01, 2003

MASON CITY— Camillus I. BAKER, 88, of Mason City, died Friday (August 29, 2003) at the Heritage Care Center in Mason City.

A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St., N.E., Mason City with Rev. Dennis CAHILL of Holy Family Catholic Church in Mason City officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery in Mason City.

Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday with a Catholic Daughters of America rosary at 4:30 p.m. and a scriptural wake service at 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Visitation will also be one hour prior to service time on Thursday at the chapel.

The family of Camillus I. BAKER has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City in her memory.

Camillus I. BAKER was born in Kensett, on March 5, 1915, to Phillip and Mary (LYNCH) HEIDENREICH. She was the youngest of ten children who grew up on the family farm. Camillus graduated from Plymouth High school in 1933 as class Valedictorian. She eventually settled in Mason City and attended Hamilton Business College.

She was united in marriage in 1937, and was blessed with a daughter, born July 3, 1938.

Camillus enjoyed a 30-year career as a bookkeeper for Jacob E. Decker and Sons in Mason City, retiring in 1975. Her hobbies included bowling, playing cards, and maintaining her beautiful gardens. She also had a love for travel, and especially enjoyed trips to Texas and winters in Arizona.

She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, and after retirement, was an active community volunteer. Camillus was especially fond of her involvement with the RSVP program, receiving the Shining Star Award for 20 years of dedicated service to the Mason City Police Department. Camillus was also a member of St. Veronica’s Circle and the Catholic Daughters of America.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Janice ORPEN, of Mason City; two grandchildren, Dennis ORPEN and his wife Debra, of Chandler, Ariz., and Lori ORPEN of Mason City; two great-grandchildren, Jennifer (ORPEN) LIGHTHALL and her husband, Noah, of Mesa, Ariz, and Stephanie ORPEN of Chandler, Ariz; and several nieces and nephews as well as other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and nine brothers and sisters, Loretta, Ione, Monie, Irene, Helen, Leo, Malcolm, Clete, and Clarence.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, (641) 423-2372.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2012