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1922
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2024
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Gertrude Baber Obituary
Gertrude "Trudy" Baber, 102, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Mennonite Memorial Home.
Gertrude was born March 30, 1922, in Allen County, to Roy and Margurite (Gunther) Laws. She married Samuel Baber on June 12, 1941, and he preceded her in death Aug. 29, 1997.
Trudy graduated from Lima South High School and retired from Triplett Corporation in Bluffton. She was a member of the First Missionary Church in Bluffton and Bluffton Senior Citizens. She also was active at Ebenezer Mennonite Church of Bluffton. Trudy enjoyed volunteering her time at Bluffton Hospital, the Et Cetera Shop, and Hilty Memorial Home.
She is survived by her children, S. Charles Baber of Richardson, Texas, and Linda (George) Zwinski of Brethren, Michigan; two grandchildren, John (Robin) Zwinski of Apex, North Carolina, and Ken Zwinski of Findlay; two great-granddaughters, Allyson (Matthew Kramer) Zwinski of Hoboken, New Jersey, and Sydney (Aaron Brown) Zwinski of Indianapolis, Indiana; and many nieces and nephews.
Trudy was also preceded in death by her parents; and siblings, Ray Laws and Lenore Parlette.
Trudy's services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church. Pastor Gary Marks will officiate. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery following the service. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Missionary Church of Bluffton or Gideon's International.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services of Bluffton.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.chiles-lamanfh.com.
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Joann
June 3, 2025
One memory of Trudy kept us laughing for years! One morning she came in with her small black sewing machine case, set it down, opened it and said, "Oh my gosh!"
To her own amazement she pulled out her bowling ball! Both cases were black and about the same size! We teased her a lot about that "goof" and admitted that we had all done something like that at one time or another. She took it all in good humor and laughed along with us. Still think of her and the fun times we shared.
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Joann
June 10, 2024
Trudy was one of our group of the Sewing Ladies at Hiltys.
She was such a joy to work with. We called her our "zipper " lady, since the rest of us didn´t like that job.
She didn´t let anything stop her! She was a fiesty lady and we loved her! Rest in God´s loving arms, dear friend!
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