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Visitation:
11 a.m. until 12 Noon Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home, Lincoln
Service:
Noon on Tuesday at the funeral home
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Laurel L. Baker, 92, of Morton,
passed away July 4, 2018 at the Apostolic Christian
Restmor Home in Morton.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until 12 Noon
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Holland Barry & Bennett
Funeral Home, Lincoln. Funeral services will be at
12 Noon also at the funeral home. Burial will follow
in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Laurel was born February 3, 1926 in Lincoln, IL.,
the daughter of Raymond P. Purviance and Mildred I.
(Reichle). She married Roy S. Baker on January 6,
1952 in Lincoln. He preceded her in death on
December 22, 2016. He passed 15 days before their
65th wedding anniversary. Roy was employed at
Caterpillar for 44 years, holding a management
position for 40 of those years.
Laurel attended Lincoln primary
schools and was a graduate of Lincoln Community High
School. She was employed at the Illiopolis War
Plant, the office of Abraham Wilensky, M.D. in
Lincoln, and Lehn and Fink Corp. |
She was a cub scout den mother, a housewife, and enjoyed working
outside with flowers and traveling with family. She and her husband shared a
love of Big Band Music, especially Lawrence Welk. She was of the Methodist
faith.
Surviving are her son David Roy Baker Sr. and wife Janet and grandson David Roy
Baker Jr. all of Morton, brother Richard T. Purviance and wife Lois of Bull
Shoals, AR., sister in law Sharon Purviance of Lincoln, and many nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Roy S. Baker, and siblings:
Clara M. Larkin, Harry R. Purviance, Marjorie J. Mileham, and Robert H.
Purviance.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes
Association.
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