1939
Wayne
2010
Wayne Baker
August 29, 1939 — June 19, 2010
Wayne Earl Baker, 70, of Rittman passed away
Saturday, June 19, 2010
, at
Wadsworth-Rittman
Hospital
from his battle with cancer and other health issues. At the time of his passing,
Wayne
was surrounded by his wife Linda, brother Clarence, niece Heather Fleming Tackett and his special niece Brittany Lowe, nephew Adam Fleming, great nephew Skyler Fleming and sister P. Okel Baker. As Okel was holding
Wayne
’s earthly hand-she told
Wayne
to take hold of their mom’s hand and his spiritual hand took her’s as his spirit left this earth.
Wayne
was born in
Beallsville
,
Ohio
on
August 29, 1939
to Lewis P. Baker and Irene S. (Hickman) Baker. They moved to Rittman permantly in the 1960’s.
Wayne
worked at Bauer Ladder in
Wooster
for a number of years until 1970’s before he became employed at Morton Salt in Rittman and worked there until he retired.
Wayne
lived in Rittman, but enjoyed spending a lot of time in
Southern Ohio
on the property he had called Bakers Acres.
Wayne
leaves behind his loving and caring wife, Linda Lee (Sprowl) Baker of 39 years of marriage. He leaves behind his precious dog Peaches that was with
Wayne
since the 1990’s. Peaches was the highlight of
Wayne
’s life and was always at his side. Peaches will really miss
Wayne
. Out of Lewis and Irene Baker’s ten children,
Wayne
was the fifth oldest.
Wayne
was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, many aunts and uncles, mother-in-law Lucille Sprowl and siblings, Fern Wine, Ruth Bishop, Guy Baker, Mary Baughman and Doris Runucci in June of 2009 and Floyd Baker in September of 2009.
Wayne not only leaves behind his wife and dog, but sisters, Penina Okel Baker of Wooster, Anna Lee (Charles) Bailey of Rittman and brother Clarence Baker of Rittman, Father-n-law Russel Sprowl, many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and Robert Uhl of Orriville that was like Wayne’s son for many years.
Wayne
had no biological children of his own but he had been like a father not only to Robert, but to his family, especially his youngest sister Okel and her two children Heather Fleming Tackett and Adam Fleming.
Wayne
had a great abundance of love for many people, that called him husband, father, brother, uncle and friend.
Wayne
was a good, loving son and caregiver of his parents during his life.
Wayne
was the type of person anyone could go to for advise and helped many people. There will be a void in many people’s lives with
Wayne
’s passing.
Wayne
’s wife and family would like to thank Dr. Andrew Haas and the nurses and staff at the
Parkview
Cancer
Center
in
Barberton
for their kindness and good care;
Wadsworth-Rittman
Hospital
and Hospice for making
Wayne
comfortable the last few days of his life. Wayne and Linda greatly appreciated their niece Heather Fleming Tackett for taking
Wayne
to all of his doctors appoiintments and Chemo treatments during his battle with cancer.
God blessed
Wayne
’s parents and family with a very special man when he was placed in their lives.
Friends may call Tuesday from
6
to
8 PM
at Roberts Funeral Home-Hillcrest Chapel in
Seville
,
Ohio
. Funeral Services will be Wednesday at
2 PM
at the funeral home. Friends may call one hour prior to the service from
1
to
2 PM
on Wednesday. Burial will be at
Hillcrest
Memorial
Gardens
. Online tributes may be made at
http://www.robertsfuneralhome.com/
. Memorial Contributions may be made to
Parkview
Cancer
Center
,
155
th
Street North East
,
Barberton
,
Ohio
,
44203
and Hospice of Medina County,
797 North Court
Street,
Medina
,
Ohio
,
44256
.
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