Alice Mae Baker

Alice Mae Baker, age 89, resident of Shelby died Monday September 18, 2017 in Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital.  

Born May 29, 1928 to Salathiel G. and Glenna Leone (Boudinot) Fried in Liberty Township near Tiro she had spent the majority of her life in Shelby. She was a 1946 graduate of Tiro High School and after graduation had been employed with the Shelby Mutual Insurance Company.  Alice was then the consummate homemaker, a job she thoroughly enjoyed. 

She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, a former member of the Tiro Women's Lodge and a current member of the Infant to Adults Mothers Club. 

She loved to travel and spending time with her family especially her children and grandchildren. When her children were young she was very involved with PTA and the Little League Boosters and always attended her children's and grandchildren's sporting and extra curricular activities. 

Surviving are three sons, David W. (Janet) Baker and Dick A. (Pam) Baker all of Shelby and Paul W. (Denise) Baker of Cambridge; seven grandchildren Melissa Osborne, Nicole (Steve) Bryant, Julie (Josh) Luebke, Jeffrey (Amanda) Baker, Salathiel Baker and Taylor Armstrong, Michael Baker and Cody (Sara) Baker; fourteen great grandchildren Colton and Grayson Osborne, Brody Baker, Peyton and Owen Murphy, Eli Bryant, Blake and Bella Baker, Dane and Graham Baker, Jackson, Evie and Isla Luebke and Charlotte Baker; nieces, nephews; three sisters-in-law Marilyn Fried of Crestline, Shirley Baker and Margaret Baker both of Westerville.  

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Richard "Bill" Baker 2006; one great granddaughter Jillian Murphy; two brothers Harvey and Harold "Buck" Fried and one sister Naomi Armbruster.  

Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday, September 22, 2017 from the Barkdull Funeral Home & Crematory in Shelby. Reverend Doctor Edna Stahl will officiate with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 and 5:00 to 7:00 PM.  

Memorial expressions may be made to the Shelby Police Department Fishing Derby.  

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