Viola Potter Baker

Teasdale, Utah- Our wonderful, talented, hard-working wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother and sister Viola Potter Baker, age 89, died June 18, 2021 at Pheasant Run Alzheimer’s Special Care Center, in South Jordan, Utah. She was born September 3, 1931 in Bicknell Utah, the eighth child of 11, a daughter to William "Bill" Columbus and Mabel Brinkerhoff Potter. Viola graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1949. Viola told us that her beloved Dale decided she could wash his socks better than he could and they were married on January 5, 1950 in Richfield, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple, February 24, 1954. Dale passed away March 11, 2014. Viola served faithfully as a Home teacher through visits and many acts of service that supported her community. She started her career in 1968 for the Jordan school District. She completed 27 years of service as a “lunch lady” at Hillcrest High School and later at Butler Middle School. Viola was a “gardener extraordinaire” and she took great pleasure in growing and canning fruits and vegetables and sharing them with family, friends and neighbors. Viola loved to quilt and Dale was her best “helper”! Every family member has benefited from the warmth of the quilts she has gifted. Dale and Viola thoroughly enjoyed their hilariously, competitive “hand and foot” card games with family and friends. If you ever got to participate you won’t forget it! In 1997 Viola and Dale completed the building of their lovely dream home back in Teasdale, Utah serving the community there. Viola is survived by her children: Charmaine Baker of Logan; McKay and Tamara Baker of Robertson, Wyoming; Mary B. Shewell and Kelly Rae Baker, both of West Jordan; 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; siblings: Albert and Vivian Potter, Mignon Cooley, all of St. George; James Brink Potter of Loa. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Dale Baker; parents: Bill and Mabel Potter; siblings: Cleo Blackledge, Arla Parsons McClellan, Zurrell Potter, DeWaldo Potter, Bonita Taylor, Virgie Arrington, and George Potter. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. in the Teasdale Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.