Leesa Kay Baker (1960 - 1986)

BAKER, GERLING, LUTTENEGGER

Posted By: Pamela Wagler
Date: 3/25/2021 at 11:43:34

The Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa
November 11, 1986

Leesa K. Baker

Leesa K Baker, 26, of Macomb, Ill., died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in the McDonough District Hospital, Macomb.

Born April 23, 1960, in Burlington, she was the daughter of Leslie and Virginia Luttenegger Gerling. On Oct. 17, 1981, in Kingston, she married Harlan T. Baker.

Mrs. Baker was a graduate of Mediapolis High School and Southeastern Community College, Burlington. She was a member of the Macomb Bicycle Club and was secretary of the department of public safety at Western Illinois University.

Surviving are her husband, Harlan; her parents, Kingston; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sargent-Worthington Funeral Home, Macomb.

Services for Mrs. Baker will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sargent-Worthington Funeral Home with the Rev. Mary K. Pearce and the Rev. Harold Werley officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Kossuth Cemetery.

Memorials have been established for the Living with Cancer Program at McDonough District Hospital or the Kingston Methodist Church.