ObituariesMay 2, 1999

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today at the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill for Anita B. Baker, 68, of Cape Girardeau. She died Friday, April 30, 1999, at her home. A memorial service and funeral will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Cape LaCroix United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating...

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today at the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill for Anita B. Baker, 68, of Cape Girardeau. She died Friday, April 30, 1999, at her home.

A memorial service and funeral will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Cape LaCroix United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating.

There will be no visitation.

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She was born May 5, 1930, at St. Louis, daughter of William T. and Alma L. Maynard Burgess. She married Hobart Baker on July 24, 1969.

She was a member of the LaCroix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau where she had served as a small-group leader. She had served as a volunteer for the Southeast Missouri Hospice and was retired from Southeast Missouri Hospital where she worked in the billing department.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Scott Jordan of Farmington; four daughters, Barbara Jordan Morse, Bonny Jordan Kalb, Angela Jordan Kester and Annette Jordan Emmons, all of Cape Girardeau; a stepson, Greg Baker of Fremont, Calif.; three sisters, Maureen Burton of St. Louis, Shirley Elting of Olympia, Wash., and Dorothy McCoy of Cherryville; a stepsister, Laura Baker of Houston, Texas; and 12 grandchildren.

Arrangements are being handled by the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill.

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