Harriett A. Baker

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Posted 3/23/20

PEORIA - Harriett Ann Baker, 100, formerly of Mendota, passed away March 19, 2020 at Apostolic Christian Skylines in Peoria.

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Harriett A. Baker

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PEORIA - Harriett Ann Baker, 100, formerly of Mendota, passed away March 19, 2020 at Apostolic Christian Skylines in Peoria.

Cremation rites have been accorded and services will be private.

Harriett was born Sept. 29, 1919 in Odell to Kenneth and Anna (Ackley) Stubblefield. She married Edward Baker on June 9, 1945 in the Chapel at Augustana College, Rock Island. He preceded her in death on Nov. 26, 1989.

Survivors include one daughter, Rebecca Wilson of Peoria; one son, Robert E. (Susan) Baker of Wausau, Wis.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; one brother, Robert Stubblefield; and a son-in-law, Harold E. Wilson, Jr.

Harriett was a kindergarten teacher at Lincoln School in Mendota from 1941 until her retirement in 1978.She was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church and belonged to the P.E.O. Sisterhood in Mendota, Sterling and Peoria.

Memorials may be directed to Illinois Valley Animal Rescue. vCondolences may be left at wasmerfuneralhome.com.