Barbara L. Baker's Obituary
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Barbara L. Baker (Caskey)
Devoted Mother
Barbara L. Baker, age 78 of Rehoboth Beach, DE, passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at her home, after a two-year courageous battle with esophageal cancer. She was born on October 3, 1941 in Dover, NJ. Barbara was raised in Mine Hill, NJ and graduated from Dover High School in 1959. While attending Dover High, she met and eventually married her high school sweetheart, Donald Baker, Sr. on September 1, 1959. Even though they divorced after 25 years of marriage, he was and always will be the love of her life.
Barbara worked as an Insurance Policy Processor for 27 years. Her career began in 1982 at Warwick Insurance Company in Morris Plains, NJ and ended in 2009 at AIG Insurance Company in Parsippany, NJ upon her retirement. Barbara’s co-workers were more than just friends, they became her second family.
She was a long-time member and former president (1976-77) of the Roxbury Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary in Succasunna, NJ.
Barbara moved to Rehoboth Beach, DE in 2011. She loved to go for car rides, sit on the back deck of her home and talk with her dear friends and neighbors. It became known as “Barb’s Porch”. Her love for birds and flowers, especially a cardinal, was remarkable. Most of all, she treasured her children and her home.
She is survived by her five children: Russell Baker of Rehoboth Beach, DE, Donald Baker Jr. and his partner Karen of Georgetown, DE, Robert Baker and his wife Patricia of Mine Hill, NJ, Shari Colwell and her husband George of Jacksonville, NC, and Michael Baker of Rehoboth Beach, DE; her former husband, Donald Baker, Sr. and his wife Gloria of Freeport, FL; her brother, Louis Caskey of Landing, NJ; her seven grandchildren; her twenty-three great-grandchildren; and many dear friends. She was an amazing mother and friend to all she met and will be dearly missed, but never forgotten.
A funeral service will be held on July 20, 2020 at 3:30 PM, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes, DE, where friends may visit beginning at 1:00 PM.
Due to the dangers associated with the spread of Covid 19, all attendees shall wear a mask and maintain social distancing at all times while attending any aspect of the funeral services.
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