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Frances Leona <I>Krusemark</I> Baker Carroll

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Frances Leona Krusemark Baker Carroll

Birth
Fremont, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Death
21 Dec 2018 (aged 91)
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Rosehill A, Lot 73, Space 3
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Daughter of Henry F. and Ruth (Pendarvis) Krusemark.

Frances Baker Carroll, 1927–2018
Frances (Krusemark) Baker Carroll, 91, of Williamsburg , Iowa, passed away on Fri., Dec. 21, 2018, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Frances was born June 30, 1927, in Fremont, Iowa, to Henry and Ruth (Pendarvis) Krusemark. She graduated from Cedar High School in Cedar, Iowa, in 1944 and attended the American Institute of Business (AIB) in Des Moines.

Frances was united in marriage to Howard D. Baker, Jr., of Cedar, Iowa, on Thanksgiving Day 1946. They lived and raised their family in Waterloo, Iowa, until his death in 1978. Frances later was united in marriage to Paul W. Carroll, Jr., of Davenport, Iowa, in 1983. They made their home in Davenport together for 24 years until Paul's death in 2007. France remained in Davenport until 2012 when she moved to Highland Ridge in Williamsburg.

She enjoyed entertaining, volunteering, doing needlework, and being active in her church and communities. She also was a member of the Republican Women, Catfish Jazz Society and the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Williamsburg.

Frances is survived by three children, Gail (Michael) Hansen of Lake Mills, Iowa, Joyce Baker of Homestead, Iowa, and Russell (Michelle) Baker of Winter Garden, Fla.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Rosalie Dursky, of Williamsburg; a brother, Leslie (Irene) Krusemark, of Ankeny, Iowa; a stepdaughter, Connie Carroll Rashid, of Bettendorf, Iowa; four step-grandchildren; and numerous step-great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; an infant daughter, Jane Ann Baker; and six brothers, William, Harold, Clarence, Robert, Leland and Jerry Krusemark.

Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Dec. 29, 2018, at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Williamsburg. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be at Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for the American Diabetes Association.

Source: Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, Iowa.
Daughter of Henry F. and Ruth (Pendarvis) Krusemark.

Frances Baker Carroll, 1927–2018
Frances (Krusemark) Baker Carroll, 91, of Williamsburg , Iowa, passed away on Fri., Dec. 21, 2018, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Frances was born June 30, 1927, in Fremont, Iowa, to Henry and Ruth (Pendarvis) Krusemark. She graduated from Cedar High School in Cedar, Iowa, in 1944 and attended the American Institute of Business (AIB) in Des Moines.

Frances was united in marriage to Howard D. Baker, Jr., of Cedar, Iowa, on Thanksgiving Day 1946. They lived and raised their family in Waterloo, Iowa, until his death in 1978. Frances later was united in marriage to Paul W. Carroll, Jr., of Davenport, Iowa, in 1983. They made their home in Davenport together for 24 years until Paul's death in 2007. France remained in Davenport until 2012 when she moved to Highland Ridge in Williamsburg.

She enjoyed entertaining, volunteering, doing needlework, and being active in her church and communities. She also was a member of the Republican Women, Catfish Jazz Society and the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Williamsburg.

Frances is survived by three children, Gail (Michael) Hansen of Lake Mills, Iowa, Joyce Baker of Homestead, Iowa, and Russell (Michelle) Baker of Winter Garden, Fla.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Rosalie Dursky, of Williamsburg; a brother, Leslie (Irene) Krusemark, of Ankeny, Iowa; a stepdaughter, Connie Carroll Rashid, of Bettendorf, Iowa; four step-grandchildren; and numerous step-great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; an infant daughter, Jane Ann Baker; and six brothers, William, Harold, Clarence, Robert, Leland and Jerry Krusemark.

Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Dec. 29, 2018, at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Williamsburg. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be at Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for the American Diabetes Association.

Source: Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, Iowa.


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