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Diane M. Baker

[April 15, 2016]  LINCOLN -  Diane M. Baker, 59, of Lincoln passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 9:20 p.m. at HSHS St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

Visitation: Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 5 p.m. at the Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Service: 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln     

Obituary

Diane M. Baker, 59, of Lincoln passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 9:20 p.m. at HSHS St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

A Memorial Service for Diane will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until time of service Thursday evening at the Funeral Home.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

Diane Marie Baker was born on October 8, 1956 in Lincoln the daughter of Lee James and Lois Mae Neal Denney. She was united in marriage to Robert Marlin Baker Jr. on July 12, 1974 at the St. John's United Church of Christ in Lincoln.

Also surviving are her sisters: Clara (Terry) Charron, Linda (Dan) Denlinger, Sharon Denney. Many Nieces , nephews and great nieces and nephews also survive.

Diane was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Lincoln.

She graduated from Lincoln Community High School in 1974 and Lincoln Land Community College.

She was retired from SIU School of Medicine as an accountant.

Diane was a great lover of cats, music and literature. She was a very kind and giving person, always thinking of others first.


Memorials may be made to Siamese Rescue, 366 Meander Run Road, Locust Dal, VA 22948 or the Animal Protective League, 1001 Taintor Road, Springfield, Illinois 62702.

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