Bessie H. Baker, 97, of Rock Island, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Silver Cross Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Friendship Manor, Rock Island. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made in care of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Rock Island.

Bessie Helen Docherty was born on July 11, 1918 in Boden, IL, a daughter of John and Norma (Salkeld) Docherty. She married F. Carroll Baker on April 17, 1937. Bessie was a homemaker in her son Kent's younger years. Later, she went on to spend over 35 years working in the Augustana College Bookstore. Bessie was a member of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Rock Island. She greatly enjoyed cooking, canning, gardening and spending time with her dear family.

Left to cherish her memory are her son, Kent (Lynnette) Baker; grandchildren, Amy (Mike) Mitchell, Julie (Bob) Henrich, Tim (Ann) Baker, Chris (Stephanie) Baker and Nora Baker; great-grandchildren, Jonathan and Aaron Henrich, Sarah Mitchell and Miles and Lucy Baker; a sister, Mardelle (Jim) Falline and a nephew, Terry (Jeanne) Docherty.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll and her parents.