Betty Jane Gehrke Baker
Betty Jane Gehrke Baker
Betty Jane Gehrke Baker, age 79, of Madison, AL passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019 at her residence.
She was born in Cary, WI, completed beautician school in Madison, WI. She worked as a bank teller, pharmacy technician, and enjoyed bowling weekly. She was a member of Lindsay Lane Baptist Church in Athens, AL.
She was preceded in death by her spouse: Robert Baker; her father: Donald Gehrke; her mother: Beatrice Hayden Gehrke; one brother: Oliver Gehrke; and one sister: Patricia Langhoff.
She is survived by three daughters: Becky Hedrick (Ricky), Columbia , TN, Bridget Baker, Summertown, TN, and Beth Janel O’Neal (Robert), Lawrenceburg, TN; one son: Bryan Baker (Belinda), Fuquay-Varina, NC; sixteen grandchildren: Sabrina, Amanda, BobbieJo, J.R., Berglind, Beverly, Bryan, Sarah, Deborah, Tammy, Benjamin, Brynda, Kaylia, Garrett, Ja’Qualynn and Amaya; twenty-eight great-grandchildren: Damion, Skylar, Nashyia, Michael, Byron, Kloe, Benny, Christian, Stefen, Russ, Emma, Bryan, Lyndon, Timothy, Lizzy, Caleb, Brenda, James, Anna, Scarlett, Addilyn, Charlotte, Sol, Claire, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Elijah, and baby Fieldler; one sister: Alice Siggelkow; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services and burial for Betty Jane Gehrke Baker were conducted at Lawrence County Memorial Gardens in Lawrenceburg, TN at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 17, 2019 with Jason Davis officiating. Neal Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.