Mrs. ROBERT (Colleen E. Donovan) BAKER 1937-2003

BARRINGTON, DONOVAN, BAKER, FLYNN, SNYDER, CRIMMINS, FINNEGAN, PINS, SCHIEL, CONNELLY

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 2/20/2004 at 20:48:50

Colleen E. Baker

Telegraph Herald - Dec 15, 2003

Colleen E. Baker, 66, of 3511 Key Corners, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003, at home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Resurrection Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Siegert-Casper Colonial Funeral Home, 390 N. Grandview Ave., where there will be a parish scripture wake service at 4:30 p.m.

Mrs. Baker worked at Molo Oil Co. for a number of years. She then worked at Merri-Mac Corp. for more than 10 years.

She was born on Nov. 19, 1937, in Dubuque, daughter of Al and Catherine (Barrington) Donovan. She married Robert Baker on May 2, 1959, at St. Raphael's Cathedral.

Colleen had lived in Dubuque all her life. She graduated from the former St. Raphael's Grade School and the former St. Joseph's Academy.

She was a member of Resurrection Parish and its Rosary Society.

Colleen loved spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed playing golf and was an avid Cubs, Bears and Hawkeyes fan.

Surviving are her husband, Robert, of Dubuque; her children, Ann (Dan) Flynn, of Newburgh, Ind., Cathy (Roy) Snyder, of Mount Morris, Ill., Mike (Connie) Baker, of Dubuque, Susan (Tom) Crimmins, of North Liberty, Iowa, Patti (Tom) Finnegan, of Eldridge, Iowa, and John Baker, of Platteville, Wis.; a sister, Helen Pins, of Dubuque; and 13 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Al Donovan Jr.; and two sisters, Dorothy Schiel and Mary Jane Connelly.

The Baker family wishes to thank Dr. Janes and the nurses at Mercy Medical Center- Dubuque for their wonderful care and support.