Delores May Baker
Mason, Michigan.
September 30, 1934 – March 30, 2023
Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother.
Delores was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Glenn and Hazel (Penoyer) Roberts. She lived on a farm in her youth on Collins Rd. which now belongs to MSU Agricultural College. Her family learned to live off the land during the depression years. She went to Holt High School and after High School was soon married to Joe Philip Baker on December 6, 1952.
She started her family of five children and eventually bought a house and ten acres in Mason, Michigan, on Dart Rd. She always had a big garden, started an orchard and canned as much as she could for the winter. She loved her yard. She was always planting a new tree or shrub. She mowed her own lawn and pulled her own weeds, until she could no longer do it, because she loved it. While raising her family Delores worked at a variety of jobs before retiring after twenty years at the Dimondale Care Facility. She was a great cook and we all loved her holiday meals especially! She cooked and canned with lots of love. Her Coconut Cream Pie was a favorite dessert.
Delores was an animal lover all her life, and enjoyed feeding the birds in her latter years. She was an avid reader of all kinds of books, but crime novels were her favorite. Most of all she looked forward to those phone calls from her kids and grandkids where she would talk for hours about what was going on with her and the world.
Delores was preceded in death by her parents; her ex-husband, Joe; brothers, Charlie, Gene, and Edward Roberts; sister, Marie (Woodman) Keiholtz, and granddaughter, Lori Duffey.
Surviving are her children, Phil Baker (Janet Briggs) of Roscommon, Karen (Gary Smith) Vallance of Mason, and Kaye (David) Maddix of Gaylord, Mark (Linda) Baker of Grayling and Ft. Myers, FL., and Scott Baker of Lansing; 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren along with several nieces and nephews.
Inurnment will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing.
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Kathleen Woodman
April 1, 2023 at 5:24 pmI have such fond memories of playing in Aunt Pats yard while my Grandma Woody visited. I remember their laughter! Family reunions running around with the cousins. I know her the best of all my grandma’s siblings and will miss her. Love to her family and hope to see you all soon.
Joy Ketchum
April 2, 2023 at 8:25 amScott, Brittany, Ethan and Sadie,
So sorry to hear of your mom/grandma’s passing. She was a fun lady. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Joy and Steve Ketchum
Jennifer Doll
April 2, 2023 at 11:08 amI am a volunteer at Hospice House and had the pleasure of spending time with Delores. She was such a joy to be with and we had so much fun laughing together. She had the most beautiful brown eyes and sweet smile. I will miss her greatly.
Marlena (Woodman) Kreis
April 3, 2023 at 3:30 pmI have very happy memories of my great “Aunt Pat” and always looked forward to seeing her at family events. Delores was so funny, loved to talk and was an especially good dancer! We had such great fun visiting her home and seeing her garden. She will definitely be missed but always remembered with love. Blessings and prayers to her family and my cousins.
Kim Cook-Stewart
May 11, 2023 at 5:49 pmI have many memories of Mrs. Baker and her family. One that always makes me smile is eating dinner at their house, Mrs. Baker had made mashed potatoes which were so good, I asked my mom to call and find out how she did them!