“Busy, busy, busy, busy,” is how Carolyn Munday describes the life of a sports mom. “To be honest, it has literally been our whole world. I would not change it for anything. To be able to watch your kids work hard and do something that they’re passionate about, and have it pay off … "
Jan 23, 2021
Mary Jane Baker, my wife, PASSED peacefully of natural causes, early the morning of January 8, 2021 in the Pines nursing home, Easton, Maryland, while under COVID lockdown.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Rachel Jane Barkey, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, and by her brother John, of Belmont County, Ohio.
Mary leaves behind her loving husband, Ray, three adult children, Melodie Beth, Benjamin Ray, and Amy Louise, an unofficial foster daughter, Heather Sutherland, two granddaughters, and three grandsons.
Mary Jane graduated Martins Ferry High School in Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, from Muskingum University, Ohio. She studied and applied the MusicGarten music program for children.