Allowee Baker

(From Greenfield Funeral Chapel)

Allowee E. Baker, 87 of Dadeville, MO, passed away on August 8, 2023 at the Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility in Stockton, MO.

Allowee was born on October 2, 1935 to the late Glen and Fae (Dodd) Chism. Her father and mother-in-law were the late Howard and Pauline (Todd) Baker. Allowee attended several grade schools and then later graduated from Stockton High in 1953. 

While in high school she worked for the Cane Hill Country Store, and in 1952 she worked alongside Gene Paul Baker. 

On June 19, 1953 Allowee married the love of her life, Gene Paul Baker, thereafter spending nearly 70 years together on the family farm. To this union three daughters were born, Ronda Jean, Donna June, and Penny Elaine. In 1952, Allowee and Gene were baptized together in a spring fed pool of water near Cane Hill, then known as the "city bathtub". 

While Gene was serving in Korea, Allowee kept herself busy working at King's Dress Shop and Ready Wear in Stockton, MO. While there, she realized she enjoyed sewing and later became an accomplished seamstress making several outfits for her daughters.

Allowee was a devout Christian, worshipping at the Flint Hill and Bona Churches of Christ. She enjoyed Bible studies, teaching classes, and gospel meetings. She was a wonderful cook known for her pies, making two to 3 pies daily for the Dillard Brown construction company who built their new family home in 1971.

One of Allowee's best qualities was how attentive and loving she was to the elderly due to boarding with several elderly women in her younger years. She always loved sending and receiving cards. She leaves behind a cedar chest full of her cherished ones she had received through the years. She loved music, quilting, painting, bowling, and playing cards with her lifelong friends.

Family was vitally important to Allowee, not only loving Gene and their daughters, she dearly loved her brothers and sisters including Gene's and their children. Many gatherings and family vacations were spent together.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Gene Baker; her parents, Glen and Fae Chism; her in-laws, Howard and Pauline Baker; and one brother-in-law, Bunk Feasel.

She is survived by her daughters, Ronda (David) Melton of Aldrich, MO, Donna (Brent) Long of Aldrich, MO, and Penny (Jay) Freeze of Dadeville, MO; four brothers and their wives, Richard(Myrna) Chism, Max (Sammie) Chism, Larry (Marsha) Chism, and Rick (Alicia) Chism; five sisters and their husbands, Peggy Feasel, Vera (Larry) Beach, Betty (Harry) Charles, Janice (Glenn) Jarvis, and Glenda (Ronnie) Underwood; seven grandchildren, Sonja (Matthew) Keathley, Alyssa (A.J.) White, Brook (Derek) Glenn, Glen (Lauren) Long, Cody (Allison) Freeze, Julie (Andrew) Vanhooser, and Kyle (Mati) Freeze; eight great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2023, at the Bona Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Bona Cemetery. Family and friends are welcome to pay their respects on Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the funeral chapel. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or to Bona Cemetery. Services are under the care of Greenfield Funeral Chapel.