Norma P. Baker

Norma P. Baker, 92, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at William Hill Manor in Easton. She was born in Salisbury on October 6, 1918 and was a daughter of the late Norman U. and Olive Bassett Perdue.

Mrs. Baker attended schools in Wicomico County. She worked with her husband at Nuttle's Lumber Company but mainly she was a housewife and mother. On May 22, 1937 she married Paul D. Baker. He passed away on February 13, 2003. Mrs. Baker was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church for over 50 years. She belonged to the Women's Methodist Christian Association. She also belonged to the Mizpah Bible Class and was very active in the church.

She is survived by a daughter Bonnie Keplinger and husband Tom of Hurlock, four grandchildren William W. Thomas III of Alexandria, VA, Terri Lee Thomas of Salisbury, Ben Keplinger of California and Patti Newberry of Delaware, 8 great grandchildren Hillary Hastings, Phann White, Peter Mom, Rachel Newberry, Nathan Keplinger, Joshua Keplinger, Julia Keplinger and Bethany Keplinger and two great great grandchildren Abigail White and Marcus Ken. Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. Baker is preceded in death by a sister Gloria Collins.

Pallbearers will be William Thomas III, Terri Thomas, Randall Bradshaw, Harold Carr, Fred Redmer and Hugh Vinson.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 1 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge with Rev. A. Delmer Willey, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at East New Market Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 12 to 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, c/o Scott Daniels, 205 Maryland Avenue, Cambridge, MD 21613.