Geneva M. Baldwin

Geneva Mae Baldwin At the age of 94, Geneva passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Royalton Manor in St. Joseph, where she had resided since April, 2013. Celebration of Geneva’s life will be held at 4 pm, Sunday, October 20, 2013, at the First Church of God, 2627 Niles Avenue, St. Joseph with Pastor Robert Confer presiding. Visitation will be at 2:30 – 4 pm, prior to the memorial service, also at The First Church of God. Memorials may be made to the First Church of God. Geneva was born on February 23, 1919, to Thomas and Margaret Mae Crocker in Dalhart, Texas. Following high school graduation in Joliet, IL, she attended Anderson College in Anderson, IN. There she met the love of her life, Cecil W. Baldwin. They married on July 14, 1940 and had two children, Renard (Phyllis) Baldwin of St. Joseph, and Sandra Carter of Anderson, IN. Geneva devoted her life and talents to Christian Education and Church music, serving in those capacities in the churches her husband pastored in Indiana, Colorado, Kentucky, and Illinois. She served in many leadership roles in the local congregations where they served, as well as at the state and national levels of the Church of God, in the areas of Christian Education development and training. In her retirement years, she enjoyed oil painting, at which she became quite accomplished. Geneva adored being with and talking about her 4 grand children, Lisa Pay of Anderson, IN, Scott (Meagan) Dawson of Bellingham, WA , Krista (Greg) Matas of Collierville, TN, and Renelle Bouffard of Chagrin Falls, OH. Her extreme delights were her 8 great grand children, Morgan and Maddie Pay, Eva and Carter Dawson, Kira and Bryce Matas, and Claire and Maggie Bouffard. Geneva is survived by her husband Cecil of 73 years, her children, grand children, great grand children, and one brother, James Crocker, of Conifer, CO. She was preceded in death by her parents and 10 siblings–2 sisters and 8 brothers. Starks and Menchinger Funeral Homes of St. Joseph have been trusted with the arrangements for Geneva’s memorial. Those wishing to sign Geneva’s Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com.