Dorothy L. Baird

Dorothy Luella Newton Baird 95, Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 3:50 P.M. Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Memorial Hospital, Logansport, Indiana surrounded by her family. We wish to thank the staff at Chase Center and Memorial Hospital for our loved one’s care.

She was born on October 6, 1927 in Seneca, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph Manley and Bessie Naomi (Byerly) Newton. On June 28, 1947, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she married Charles L. Baird who preceded her in death on August 23, 2021. Together they had three girls.

Mrs. Baird was a homemaker and worked at Kresge’s Five and Dime, RBM, and retired from T.M. Morris Manufacturing in Fulton. Dorothy was an excellent wife and mother. She enjoyed these hobbies: cooking, baking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, making crafts and quilts. She loved her family, was a generous caring person with a servant’s heart to those around her.

Survivors include daughters, Nancy (Johnny) Thompson, Twelve Mile, Indiana, Stella (Hiram) Hoover, Grass Creek, Indiana, Karen (Bob) Mundy, Logansport, Indiana, nine grandchildren, twenty-seven great grandchildren, nine great-great grandchildren, brother, Gerald Newton, Fulton, Indiana, sisters-in-law, Sharon Baird, Fulton, Indiana and Bonnie Newton, Riverside, California, several nieces and nephews. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Pete Newton, Riverside California, sisters, Mary Ann Newton and Lois (Ronnie) Gundrum, Fulton, Indiana.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at the Fulton Community Center, E. Dunn Street, Fulton, Indiana. Friends may visit from 12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Fulton Community Center. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery, Fulton, Indiana. Arrangements by Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, Indiana. Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanbrosfh.com

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