Ruth

Baker

Ruth Imogene Baker daughter of the late Esther Parker Martin and Lester Martin was born in Bunker, Missouri, on July 30, 1935. She departed this life at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 6, 2014, at the age of 78.

On May 15, 1953 in Bunker, Missouri, Ruth was united in marriage to Lowell Baker and to this union four children were born. Ruth was a member of the Ellington First Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, growing flowers, making crafts, sewing, reading and writing. Ruth was a great listener; she would stop whatever she was doing to listen. She was a great woman of faith and she leaned heavily on God in good times and bad. Ruth was a wonderful example of a Proverbs 31 woman to her family and the community. It was not uncommon to find her talking to God in her garden. Ruth enjoyed cooking large meals for family gatherings. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Lester and Esther Martin.

Ruth is survived by her husband, Lowell Baker of Ellington, two sons, Greg Baker and wife Marilyn, Jeff Baker and wife Laura, two daughters, Melody Stewart and husband Jim, Christina Pohl and husband Wil all of Ellington, MO, 10 grandchildren, Seth Baker and wife Alicia of Rogersville, MO, Trent Baker and wife Leslie of Ellington, MO, Zach Baker and wife Alicia of Ellington, MO, Nicky Lee of Ellington, Larissa Baker and companion Harold of Poplar Bluff, MO, Michael Baker of Ellington, MO, Dillon Baker and companion Bree of Ellington, MO, Matt Stewart and wife Monica of Ellington, Beth Phillips and husband Dean of Americus, KS, Logan Pohl of Ellington MO, and 13 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Helen Barks of Arnold, Kathy Burns and husband Dennis of Bunker, MO. Ruth will be deeply missed by a host of relatives and many friends who will mourn her passing.

Visitation: Monday, March 10th 5 to 8 PM at McSpadden Funeral Home, Ellington, MO

Funeral Services: Tuesday, March 11th 1 PM at the Ellington First Baptist Church

Ministers: Jim Stewart and Elder Dennis Burns

Burial: Ellington Memorial Cemetery

Pallbearers: Matt Stewart, Seth Baker, Trent Baker, Zach Baker, Michael Baker, Dillon Baker and Logan Pohl.

Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Home, Ellington, Missouri

In lieu of flowers: Ellington First Baptist Church Building Fund.