Reneta R. "Renee" (Cembalisty) Baker, 88, of New Bedford passed away Sunday June 15, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital of natural causes. She will now live in peace forever with her beloved husband Joseph Francis Baker.
Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Stanley and Sophia (Gorczyca) Cembalisty, she lived in New Bedford all of her life.
Mrs. Baker was formerly employed as a secretary during her working career at multiple establishments in New Bedford.
She was a loving mother, a gifted floral designer, and a talented seamstress and craft artist.
She is survived by her daughter, Christine Baker-Mitchell and her husband Daniel and their daughter, Tabitha of Erie, PA; her son, David Joseph Baker and his wife Melaney and their children, Elizabeth Baker, Stacie and Emily Mensing of Vallejho, CA; her siblings, Henry Cembalisty of New Bedford, Dorothy Barton and her husband William of East Freetown, and Barbara Dziuba and her husband Joseph of Wareham; and several nieces and nephews.
Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11 AM at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 121 Mount Pleasant St., New Bedford, with her family receiving visitors at Church beginning at 10 AM. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford. For directions and guestbook, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.