Obituary

Lois Baker, 85, of Plainview died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at Prairie House Living Center. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at College Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Robertson officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Mrs. Baker was born Feb. 26, 1923, in Spur, Texas, to Tom and Vella Rape. She married Leonard Baker on May 30, 1942, in Spur, Texas. They lived in Spur until 1946 when they moved to Plainview. She was a member of College Heights Baptist Church. She was a past president of the PTA at College Hill School and she also served as a den mother. She worked for Sears for 26 years. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Leonard Wayne Baker, on Aug. 1, 1992. Survivors include her husband, Leonard Baker of Plainview; one son, Tommy Baker and wife, Carolyn, of Plainview; two brothers, Melvin Reeb of Olton and Nelson Rape of Afton; one sister, Doris Harris of Quitman; and two grandchildren, Patricia Kammerdiener and husband, Paul, of Plainview and Larry Baker of Dalhart. The family suggests memorials to the building fund at College Heights Baptist Church. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com