Loujean Marie Baker

MURRELLS INLET - A funeral service for Loujean Marie Baker, 85, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2024, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Columbia, SC, with burial in Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens at 2:00 p.m.

Mrs. Baker died on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she was a daughter of the late Don Edward Gilbert and Helen Marie Gilbert.

Loujean graduated from Ann Arbor high school in 1956 and went on to study at Wittenberg University as well as International Correspondence Schools to earn her degree. She valiantly served her country in the Navy and later in the Air National Guard during which she made a career as a mechanical engineer at FN manufacturing in Columbia, SC.

She loved participating in theater where she not only contributed her skills in costume making but also performed, sang and played the violin.

In later days, she was most known for leading a very social online presence. She enjoyed online games, belonged to many Facebook groups and designing 3D landscapes and buildings on her computer.

She is survived by her brother, Bill Gilbert (Ronda) of Costa Mesa, CA; and two sisters, Raynette Kempf (Dan) of Ann Arbor, MI, and Marcia Reynolds (Bob) of Connecticut. Her three sons, George M. Baker, II (Cyndi) of Conway, SC, Edward D. Baker of Columbia, SC, and Jonathon D. Baker (Tara) of Van Buren, Arkansas. She had six grandchildren; Emily Lowes, David Austin Piper (Kasey), Joshua Baker, Katarzyna Baker, Scarlett Baker, Zachery Baker, and two great-grandchildren, Zola and Dekota Piper.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Melvin Farrell Baker.

Memorials may be made to Children’s Cancer Research Fund, 1650 W 82nd St., Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55431, or to a charity of your choice.