Baker, Jeannette Alene (1925-2013)
BAKER, HANSON, LARSON, KROGMEIER, KIMBLE, REYNOLDS, NOTEBOOM, HOWARD
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 10/30/2013 at 09:02:33
Jeannette Alene Baker
December 3, 1925 - September 25, 2013FOREST CITY - Jeannette A. Baker, 87, of Forest City, died on Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.
Jeannette Alene Baker, the daughter of Robert Lee and Bessie (Larson) Hanson, was born on December 3, 1925, in Goldfield, Iowa. She graduated from Hayfield Consolidated School.
On June 3, 1943, she married Albert Baker in Fairmont, Minnesota. They farmed southeast of Forest City their entire married lives before retiring and moving into town in the spring of 2000. Besides helping on the farm, Jeannette also worked at the Chuckwagon Cafe and Bill's Family Foods in Forest City. She enjoyed refinishing furniture, gardening, sewing, doing crafts, needle working, camping at Rocky Creek in Crystal Lake, and especially keeping in touch with family and friends through email and Facebook.
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and WELCA (a women's circle).
Jeannette is survived by her three children, Gene (Gerry) Baker, of Garner, Iowa, Carolyn Krogmeier, of Chester, Virginia, and Candi (Terry) Noteboom of Pella, Iowa; six grandchildren, Neil and Mark (Wendy) Baker, Hope (Steve) Kimble, Suzanne (Roy) Reynolds, and Timothy and Michael Noteboom; and six great-grandchildren, Alex, Molly, and Ryan Baker; Conner Reynolds; and Austin and Megan Kimble; as well as by many other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Albert, on November 11, 2006; and four siblings, Ruby Howard, Ardith Rose, and LeRoy and Everett Hanson.
Memorial services will be held at 1:30 PM, Monday, September 30, 2013, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. Inurnment will be at Madison Township Cemetery in Forest City. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 PM, Sunday, September 29, 2013, at Petersen Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark Street, Forest City, and continue one hour prior to services at the church.
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