Janet Lynne Baker

Janet Lynne France Baker went to meet Our Lord on September 11, 2009 after a long struggle with Sezary Syndrome CTCL. Private inurnment and memorial service may be held at a later date. Janet was born in Spokane WA on April 28, 1941 to Walter and Elizabeth France. She attended school in Newport W A, Troy MT, Bonners Ferry ID, and graduated from high school in Hamilton MT. While in Bonners Ferry she met the love of her life Burton Baker. They became engaged just before the family moved to Hamilton and on June 7, 1959, they were married in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry. As long as she was able Janet enjoyed many outdoor activities, biking, hiking, hunting, snowshoeing, motorcycling, huckleberry picking, and even backpacked into the Grand Canyon one February. She cooked at Cone's Cafe, the hospital, the Senior Center, the Three Mile Cafe, and finished her career cooking at RMA where she was employed for eighteen years. Janet loved to cook and bake, and the RMA students would beg to work in the kitchen with her, and if they weren't in trouble they could be rewarded with some cookies, but they loved to work with her even if there were no cookies. On June 7, 2009, Janet and Burton celebrated their 50th anniversary quietly at home watching some of her favorite movies. Janet was preceded in death by her parents and sisters Donna and Diane. She is survived by her loving husband Burton, their son Bryon, their daughter Stephanie (Henry) Smith, three grandchildren, Dorian, Marina, and Jordan Smith, sisters Mary Ann, Shirley, Nina (Ted), Kathy (Mike), Vicki, and brothers Ron (Dorothy), David (Susan), Stephen, Aunt Velda, and numerous nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to sign Janet’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.