Anytrea Baker, upbeat lunch lady in Minneapolis schools, dies at 45 January 20, 2021 4:36pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Anytrea Baker served up heaping portions of smiles and encouragement along with her school cafeteria meals.
In a decade with the Minneapolis Public Schools as an onsite food service coordinator, she reveled in her role as an upbeat lunch lady who sought to be a friend and trusted adult. She totally embodied why we are here, said Omar Guevara-Soto, assistant director of the school system s food services. Nurturing all through access to food.
Baker died Dec. 10 after a severe asthma attack. She was 45.
Most of Baker s career was spent at Bethune Community School in north Minneapolis, where she became known to multitudes of elementary school students as Ms. A, a less-formal nickname that was easier to say than her first name, pronounced uh-NEE-tree-ah.