September 21, 1941 – March 21, 2019
Laura “Sissy” Baldwin, 77, took the hand of Jesus and passed on to Heaven on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Riverwalk Village in Noblesville following an extended illness. She was born on September 21, 1941 to Thomas and Helen (Gardner) Berry in Anderson. On September 28, 1959, she married Robert Baldwin and made Noblesville home.
Laura enjoyed country music and met many stars as she vacationed between Branson, Mo., Nashville, Tenn., and Weatherford, Texas. Elvis, George Jones, Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings were a few amongst her favorite singers. She also dearly loved her grandchildren and pets, including Spot, Fluffy, Pooch, Blacky, Patches and Blacky II. Sissy and Lucy were her grandcats named for her and her Aunt Lucille.
Laura and Robert spent three years living in Homestead, Fla., in the USAF. She especially loved the times there and met lifelong friends, Bea and Fred Stults, who shared many vacations to Texas. Laura worked for Turtle Creek Nursing Facility in the 1970s and then later retired from Industrial Dielectrics and UAW #1571 after 24 years of service. She then enjoyed custodian work at Noblesville Schools.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Baldwin; daughter, Pennie Baldwin, Noblesville; two sons, Robert (Sue) Baldwin Jr., Noblesville, and Jeffrey (Bobbi) Baldwin, Atlanta; five grandchildren, Jeffrey and Randy Baldwin, Noblesville, Brittany Baldwin, Kokomo, and Derek and Brooke Baldwin, Westfield; three great-grandchildren, Nevaeh, Julia and Lilah; two sisters, Sharon (Danny) Ryan, Anderson, and Virginia (Larry) Womack, Alexandria; one brother, Thomas (Margaret) Berry Jr., Anderson; as well as several cousins, nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Laura was preceded in death by a stillborn son in 1962; one sister and brother-in-law, Beverly and Kenny Boggs; best and dearest friends, Fred and Bea Stults; aunts, Lucille Cohen, Marjorie Sheets, Elsie Parkhurst and Patricia Berry; uncles, Orville Berry, Everett Berry and Charles Cohen; and cousins, Tim Parkhurst and Tom Berry.
Private ceremonies are being held with family and select friends at Laura’s request. Final resting place will be at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville with Rev. Dave Rogers officiating.
Laura’s care has been entrusted to Randall & Roberts Funeral Homes of Noblesville.
Memorial contributions may be made to Humane Society for Hamilton County, 1721 Pleasant St., Suite B, Noblesville, IN 46060; or Auguste’s Cottage Memory Care, 295 Westfield Road, Noblesville, IN 46060.
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Arrangements
Service: Private
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