"Bert grew up on the New Jersey Shore with her identical twin sister, Fran, and her younger sister Pat. She once compared her childhood to the simple, carefree escapades of the character "Scout" in To Kill a Mockingbird. She spent summers with her beloved grandparents, lived on the beach and in the ocean, and ice skated in the winter. After high school, she went to work typing for the government and often double-dated young soldiers with Fran. She met her husband, Reggie Baker, while rollerskating and moved to western New York State and Pennsylvania to raise her five children, Robert, Judith, Bonnie, Brian, and Janine, while her husband worked as a Methodist minister. As a minister's wife, she loved to teach Sunday School and counsel young people. She used these skills when she got a job to help with family expenses, and would often come home from work and share how she had counseled fellow co-workers. After the children moved out, Bert moved to Florida where her home became the hub for family, who had moved all across the county, to reunite. She spent many wonderful hours playing with her grandchildren and enjoying the company of her family. She loved the simple joys of life the most. Her favorite thing was to be with her family, and her children would often plan secret visits to Florida, which became known as "The Baker Surprise." She was known simply as "Mama" to her children, and to their friends as well. She was known as a "fountain of talk and wit" because of habit of striking up conversations with total strangers wherever she went. Most important of all was her love for Jesus. She made it a point to share His Saving Grace with others and she would go out of her way to make hand-crafted gifts, to buy someone a Bible, or to write them little notes of encouragement. When her assignment on Earth was completed, she went home to be with her Savior, and is now reunited with Fran and her beloved mother, Hilda. She left this world surrounded by her children and grandchildren, leaving them a legacy of forgiveness, grace and unending love. She will be sorely missed by the multitude of people that she touched."
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