Henrietta Baker, 79, passed away Thursday, October 21, 1993, at the Good
Shepherd Health Center in Mason City, Iowa.
Henrietta, the daughter of Will and Titca (Frohling) Boelman, was born June 28,
1914 in Belmond, Iowa. She received her education in the country schools in
Wright County.
On November 20, 1935, she was united in marriage to Pete Baker in the Immanuel
Reformed Church near Belmond, Iowa. The couple farmed in Hancock County for 50
years. In 1978 they moved into Britt.
She was a member of the Wright Christian Reformed Church in Kanawha and the
Britt Christian Reformed Church, where she taught Sunday School for 20 years.
She was a founding member of the Ladies Aid and a Calvinettes leader. She
enjoyed sewing. Henrietta's life evolved around farm, church and her family.
Survivors include two daughters: Shirley and her husband, Harold Battleson of
Britt, Iowa; Roberta and her husband, Daniel Juhl of Garner, Iowa; two sons:
Brian and his wife, Missy Baker of Britt, Iowa and William and his wife, Jean
Baker of Kasson, Minnesota; three brothers: Darrell and his wife, Ruthie Boelman
of Bonne, Iowa; Bud and his wife, Marie Boelman of Belmond, Iowa; Herman and his
wife, Betty Boelman of Alexander, Iowa; two sisters: Ruth Dorenkamp of Clear
Lake, Iowa and Dorothy Abbas of Belmond, Iowa; a brother-in-law: Anco and his
wife, Pauline Baker of Kanawha, Iowa; two sisters-in-law: Stella Baker of
Kanawha, Iowa; Esther Boelman of Belmond, Iowa; 11 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Pete in 1982, a brother,
Joyce Boelman, a sister, Thada Kuhlers.