Dorothy Baker

April 13, 2017 at 3:46 p.m.

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SYRACUSE — Dorothy J. “June” Baker, 91, Syracuse, died at 9:11 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. 
She was born on Feb. 28, 1926, in Muncie, to Frank O. and Dorothy M. Goodwin Leyendecker. On May 20, 1951, in Muncie, she married Robert Glen “Bob” Baker, who died in January 1981. 
She retired in 1992 from Epworth Forest Church Camp. 
Visitation will be from noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse. Pastor David Henry of Calvary United Methodist Church will officiate. 
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Elm Ridge Cemetery, Muncie.
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Memorials to the donor’s choice. 
To send condolences to the family in Mrs. Baker’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com. 

SYRACUSE — Dorothy J. “June” Baker, 91, Syracuse, died at 9:11 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. 
She was born on Feb. 28, 1926, in Muncie, to Frank O. and Dorothy M. Goodwin Leyendecker. On May 20, 1951, in Muncie, she married Robert Glen “Bob” Baker, who died in January 1981. 
She retired in 1992 from Epworth Forest Church Camp. 
Visitation will be from noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service Saturday at Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse. Pastor David Henry of Calvary United Methodist Church will officiate. 
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Elm Ridge Cemetery, Muncie.
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Memorials to the donor’s choice. 
To send condolences to the family in Mrs. Baker’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com. 
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