Opal Thelma Baker

BAKER - Opal Thelma, entered this life on August 13, 1913, and celebrated her 95th birthday by entering heaven's gates on August 13, 2008. Family members circled her bed in prayer as she drew her last breath. Opal married Louis Garland Baker on September 5, 1931, at Sapulpa, OK and lived in the Bixby area. Opal was a homemaker, an active member of the First Baptist Church in Bixby and a Sunday School teacher for many years. She loved to travel, visiting all 50 states and the Holy Land twice. But, her favorite place to visit was Branson, MO where she spent many fun-filled summers with her children and grand- children. She is preceded in death by: her husband of 62 years, Louis Baker; great-grand- daughter, Sara Elizabeth Bales; son-in-law, Carl Christiansen; parents, John Wesley and Permilia Maud (Fisher) Shores; brothers, Baby Ray Shores, Thomas Ewell Shores, Mont O. Shores, and James Alfred Shores; and sisters, Bonnie Edith Walker and Claire Faye Hare. She is survived by: daughters, Donna June Christiansen and Linda Joyce and husband Robert Lee; grandchildren, Pat Christiansen and wife, Connie, Mike Christiansen, Regena Revard, Sami and husband, Jim Lemon, Terry and husband, Charlie Shatto, Robin and husband, Mark Miller, Cindy and husband, John Bales, Jobie and husband, Shawn Wagnon, and Amy and husband, Matthew Church; 15 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008, at the First Baptist Church, Bixby. On-line memory book at www.bixbyfuneralservice.com, Ultimate Tributes. Bixby Funeral Service 369-1700 Opal Thelma Baker