ALICE (RICHARDS) BAKER

 Alice (Richards) Baker, 89, formerly of Coloma died Sunday, January 8, 2017 at the Spring Haven Retirement Center in Winter Haven, Florida.

Family services will be held at a later date and cremation has taken place.  Burial of the ashes will be in North Shore Memory Gardens next to her first husband, Oliver Richards.  Arrangements are by the Davidson Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in Coloma.

Alice was born on April 20, 1923 in Hopkins, KY to Louis and Ethel Brodie.  She was a former member of the Midway Baptist Church.  Alice was a homemaker and was a PTA President when her children were in school.  She was also an Honorary Kentucky Colonel.

Her family includes her sons, Robert (Juannetta) Richards of Lake Alfred, FL and Oliver L. Richards of Winter Haven, FL and her grandchild.  In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her sister, Nettie Scarry.

Death Notices

Frank “Frankie” Hoffman Sr., 70, died Dec. 30, 2016 at Hanson Hospice Center, Stevensville. Starks & Menchinger Chapel and Cremation Services, St. Joseph.

Vada Estella Langston, 91, formerly of Hartford died Jan. 5, 2017 at Maple Lake Assisted Living, Paw Paw. Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford.

Maurice “Skip” Schinck, 71, of Coloma died Jan. 6, 2017 at Lakeland Medical Center, St. Joseph. Duffield & Pastrick Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Coloma.

Dolores M. Bishop, 88, of Coloma died Jan. 8, 2017 at Whitcomb Senior Living Community, St. Joseph. Starks & Menchinger Funeral Home and Cremation Services, St. Joseph.

James L. Ott, 65, of Coloma died Jan. 8, 2017 at home. Duffield & Pastrick Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Coloma.

Robert Allen Hart, 79, of Coloma died Jan. 8, 2017 at Lakeland Medical Center, St. Joseph. Starks & Menchinger Chapel and Cremation Services, St. Joseph.

Gary Lee Brink, 62, of Hartford died Jan. 10, 2017 at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence. Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford.