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Maggie Baker Obituary

GROVE CITY — Maggie L. Baker, 78, of Grove City, Ohio passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018 at the Mt. Carmel East Hospital in Columbus.

Maggie was born on August 20, 1939 in Lawrence County, Ohio daughter of the late Joe and Mettie Hopkins Shepherd. Maggie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She took care of many throughout her years. She dedicated many years to the New Rome Full Gospel Church as a Sunday School Teacher and care taker of the church. If you knew her, you know she always had a beautiful smile and a loving nature. She will be missed greatly by all who knew and loved her. Maggie Retired from the Sears Roebuck billing department and was a 1958 graduate of Waterloo High School.

She is survived by her husband Gerald J. Baker whom she married on January 1, 1962 in Gallia County. She is also survived by a son David E. Baker (Heidi) of Grove City, a daughter Cindy L. (Lisa) Blanton of Groveport, Ohio, two grandsons, Tyler Blanton (Bre Brown) of Reynoldsburg, Kray Baker of Grove City, one great grandson Ian Blanton of Reynoldsburg, two sisters Anna Myers of Willowood, Ohio and Helen Mitchell of Jeffersonville, Ohio, along with several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother Grover Shepherd, three sisters, Ola Milton, Lizzy Dunn and Cecil Lakin.

Services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Garland Montgomery officiating, burial will follow in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call on Tuesday, from 11 a.m. until the time of the services at the funeral home.

Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences.

Published by Point Pleasant Register from Feb. 17 to Feb. 18, 2018.
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So very sorry to hear that Maggie has gone on to be with Jesus. She was a wonderful lady and was so very kind to my dad and I when my mom was in the Columbus hospital. I have never forgotten that. Love and prayers for all the family.

Olva Jean Severt Robertson

February 17, 2018

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