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Virginia “Ginny” Baker passed away at Grace Village in Warsaw at the age of 94 on Nov. 13, 2025.
Ginny was born on June 12, 1931, to Russel and Hazel Parks Marsh. She graduated from Atwood High School in 1949. On Sept. 10, 1950, she married Douglas Baker in her parents’ home in Clunette. They shared 66 years of marriage prior to his passing Feb. 28, 2017. They lived at Hoffman Lake most of their married life prior to moving to Grace Village Retirement Community in 2015.
She was a member of Atwood Aldersgate United Methodist Church and Eastern Star.
She was a seamstress and worked in her home for many years and then worked as a clerk at Lowery’s Sewing Center for 15 years. Ginny was an amazing seamstress and one of her passions was sewing for her family and craft bazaars. She was a big Chicago Cubs and Bears fan.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a son, Jimmy Baker, Dec. 5, 2006; also, two sisters, Helen Sauer, Mary Hammersley; and a brother, James Marsh.
Survivors include daughters Jill (Jerry) Gross, Mentone; and Jan (Darin) Martin, Warsaw; a nephew, Jerry Marsh, who grew up in the family home; granddaughters: Janell (Heath) Jones, Jenna (Drew) Streicher, Leslie (Ethan) Rutherford, Kimberly (David) Knoerzer, Shanon (Ben) Lyon; and a grandson, Bryan Martin; eight great-granddaughters and one great-grandson.
Funeral services will be Sunday, Nov. 23 at McHatton-Saddler Funeral Chapels, 2290 Provident Court, Warsaw. Visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. with the service following in the chapel, officiated by Pastor Mike Beezley.
Burial will be at Stony Point Cemetery, north of Atwood.
Memorials to Jimmy Baker Diabetes Fund c/o Kosciusko County Foundation Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Inc., 102 E. Market St., Warsaw, IN 46580; and Atwood Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 105 E. Hovey St., Atwood, IN 46502.
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