Bonnie Sue Baker
1941-2021
Stanberry, MO: Bonnie Sue Baker, 80, Stanberry, MO passed away Wednesday, December 29,
2021 at a Stanberry, MO nursing home.
She was born on July 8, 1941 in San Diego, California the daughter of Ernest Ralph and
Virdlain (Porch) Bosley.
She and her husband, Johnny E. Baker, were joined as one on September 27, 1958 at the
Methodist Church Parsonage in Stanberry by Reverend Richard Davis. He preceded her in death
on March 5, 2000.
Bonnie was baptized at the Parnell Methodist Church as a small child and again in the
Stanberry Methodist Church in 2001. She worked at the Pioneer Cap Factory in Stanberry for 24
years, the Grant City Cap Factory for 13 years, and then at Pineview Manor Nursing Home
Laundry for 19 years. She enjoyed sewing and reading and loved to work outside.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Barbara Duncan.
Bonnie is survived by her son, John (Gemma) Baker, Stanberry, MO; daughters, Cheryl
Hecker, St. Joseph, MO, Sandi Bracken, Arkansas, and Beverly Baker, Stanberry, MO; nine
grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; brothers, Ernie (Deana) Bosley, Frank (Margaret)
Bosley; sisters, Eda Cahoon and Norma Cox; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2022 at the Stanberry United
Methodist Church, Stanberry, MO under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Stanberry,
MO. Burial will follow in Hall Cemetery, Stanberry, MO. The family will receive friends from
5:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday at Roberson Funeral Home, Stanberry, MO. Memorials may be made to
the American Diabetes Association and/or Stanberry Ministerial Alliance in care of Roberson
Funeral Home, P.O. Box 153, Stanberry, MO 64489. Online condolences may be left at
www.robersonfuneralhome.com