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Bonnie Baker Obituary

Bonnie L. Baker

Bonnie L. Baker nee Grossman, 67, a longtime resident of Brookfield, passed away, January 9, 2021 at Landmark of Des Plaines Rehabilitation Center.

Bonnie graduated from Lyons Township High School in La Grange in 1970. She worked at Continental Bank in Chicago, First National Bank in La Grange and Morton Credit Union in Cicero. She was very active in service during her time on the PTL of St. Paul's Church School and was a devoted member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where her and late husband, Larry, always volunteered whenever they could. She enjoyed spending time with her son, Ryan and close long-time friends and neighbors. To say that she was a people person would be an understatement. Her life revolved around the people she built deep connections with over the years. Bonnie embodied her three core values in life: kindness, selflessness and service. Her latter years were rough for her but she kept a sense of humor and beautiful smile all the way through.

Bonnie is survived by her son, Ryan L. Baker and Zoe Berk; granddaughters, Harmony Lisowski and Angelique Baker; cousins, the Johnson Family, Jan (Ron) Miller, the Cekal Family, Dan (Cheryl) Koeritz and godmother, Arlene Schwandt.

She was preceded in death by her late husband Lawrence Baker whom she married on October 10,1982 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brookfield; her beloved brother Wayne F. Grossman and her parents Clarence Grossman, Edward Lorenz, Violet Lorenz nee Koeritz.

Memorial Visitation Friday, January 22, 2021, 9:30am until time of Memorial Service 11:30am at Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home 3847 Prairie Avenue, Brookfield. Interment Bethania Cemetery, Justice. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family for a headstone to honor Bonnie would be appreciated. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.JohnsonNosek.com. Info: (708) 485-0214.

Published by Suburban Life Publications on Jan. 21, 2021.
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Bonnie added love to all of our lives. It came from the love with which she was loved, the love that stems from the cross of Jesus Christ. Pr.Otten

Pr.Otten

Friend

January 6, 2024

Sending our condolences to Ryan and Zoe. We will miss you Aunt Bonnie! From Hank, Kira, Mason, and Trey.

Hank Johnson

Family

January 23, 2021

Condolences to all who mourn Bonnie´s passing...especially to her son Ryan and to Zoe.

Barry Lohman

January 22, 2021

Love you Bon Bon!
You will truly be missed!
Ryan and Zoe, you are in our
thoughts and prayers.
Thanks for all you did for her!
She was so proud of both of you!
Love, Aunt Jan and Uncle Ron

Jan and Ron Miller

January 22, 2021

With loving thoughts of Bonnie. She was a person who thought of others

Beatrice

January 17, 2021

Ryan, to you we offer our deepest sympathies but also the hope that is ours and is your mothers in Jesus Christ, Who died and rose again for her.
We were most happy to hear from your mother how you sustained her in her day of need.
We will plant a cedar tree for her at our Missouri home using a device she gave me years ago to dig holes for fence posts, it is outside of our home in Missouri, whenever I see it I am reminded of Bonnie.
Pr. Walter and Ruth Otten

Rev. Walter and Ruth Otten

January 12, 2021

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