Mary Baker

Obituaries

May 30, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Mary Maud (Tarrell) Baker, 66, Fennimore, Wis., passed away at her home Monday afternoon May 28, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. 

Mary was born on May 25, 1946, in Lancaster, Wis., the daughter of Melvin “Pete” and Marietta (Wunderlin) Tarrell. She married her beloved husband and best friend Richard Baker on March 27, 1985, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fennimore. 

Mary is survived by her husband; her two sons, Marty (Rhonda) Welsh of Mt. Horeb, Wis., and Michael Welsh of Madison, Wis.; three beloved grandchildren, Maggie, Alex and Jake Welsh; her mother, Marietta Tarrell, of Fennimore, a brother, Lloyd (Paula) Tarrell of Fennimore; a brother-in-law, David Kirk of Cuba City; her mother- and father-in-law, Doris and Melvin Baker, of Humboldt; a brother-in-law, Ron (Ellie) Baker of Sweet Springs, Mo.; sisters-in-law, Judy (Tom) Kiehl of Palatine, Ill., Lori (Mike) Moran of Iola, Betty (Bob) Becker of Mission, Verna Breunger of Humboldt and Cecelia Wunderlin of Platteville, Wis.; uncles, Steven (Cecelia) Orcutt of Iola and Sherman Eustice of Cuba City, Wis.; a great-uncle; Richard Pearman of Iola; many nieces and nephews and a special friend and caretaker, Susan Childs of Fennimore.

Mary is preceded in death by her father; a sister, Connie Kirk; an aunt, Dorothy Frevele; and special cousins, Jim Wilkins and Mervin Wunderlin. 

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fennimore with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Father Miguel Galvez will officiate. Friends and family may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at Larson Family Funeral Home in Fennimore. In lieu of plants and flowers, a memorial fund is being established in Mary’s loving memory.   

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