Tommie-Baker-Obituary

Tommie Anne Baker

Phoenix, Arizona

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Baker, Tommie Anne was born on Nov. 9, 1929 in Yoakum, TX to Bertha and Thomas Baker. She moved a lot as a child, graduating from high school in Jeffersonville, IN. She worked her way through college, earned a degree in social work, and secured her first job as a medical social worker. A...

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Please accept my most heartfelt sympathies for your loss…my thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time. I have fond memories of Mrs. Baker during my visits to the home to meet with Teresa. She was so filled with life and we all celebrated the preparation for Teresa and Tim's wedding.

I, too, lost my mother in the past couple years. Please find comfort in the love that lives on and the special memories.

Peace, prayers and blessings.

I have a great memory of Tommie standing in my Arizona room, practicing our memory work for P.E.O. As the rest of us got more vocal and more frustrated, it was Tommie who stood perfectly still and patient.

There was always something still and patient about Tommie. I didn't know she had been a social worker until today but I am not surprised because she seemed to have an almost other-worldly understanding of what people were going through. And, there she would be, quietly offering to...

Our deepest condolences to Bill Baker for his loss. He was my supervisor when I was also working for The City of Phoenix, HSD in the late and early 1990's. He loved Tommie so much, that he had a personalized license plate with her name "Tommie" on his car.

Bert Rodriguez.

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.