Carolyn Baker Obituary

Carolyn Ann Shuman Baker EDDINGTON, ME - Carolyn Ann Shuman Baker, age 60, passed away at the Maine Medical Center, Portland Maine, July 12, 2010. She had been battling kidney disease for several years. She was a resident of Eddington ME. She is survived by her loving husband Charles Lewis Baker Sr., her sons Charles Lewis Baker Jr., Arthur Rodney Baker and wife Dianna and her daughter Dina Maria Baker. Carolyn (Lynn) was the daughter of the late Lawrence E. Shuman and Margaret Moore Shuman of Mt. Pleasant S.C. She had two brothers and six sisters, Lawrence E. Shuman Jr. and wife Donna, Harold S. Shuman and wife Emma, Rebecca S. Penington and husband Elliott, Catherine G. Shuman and Bernardine S. Walker and husband Cary all from Mt. Pleasant S.C. Margaret L. Hughes and husband James of Roscommon MI., Sarah S. Sherman and husband Mike from Charleston S.C. and Maria S. Hudson and husband Mark from the Isle of Palms S.C. She also had many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her mother-in law Mary Baker and sisters in-law Cathy Baker and Becky Baker all of Eddington, Maine. Other relatives include her uncle the late Arthur B. Moore Jr. and wife Catherine M. Moore of Summerville, S.C., her aunt Ann E. Moore of Charleston S.C, her aunt James M. Dovre and husband Alfred of Mt. Pleasant S.C. and her uncle Jack Shuman and wife Barbara also from Mt. Pleasant S.C. Lynn was the first baby to be born in Charleston County on January 1, 1950. She attended Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Charleston S.C., St. Mary Help of Christian's Catholic School in Aiken S.C. and she graduated from Huntsville High School in Huntsville Alabama. She also attended Calhoun Jr. College in Huntsville Alabama. Lynn moved to Eddington, Maine with her husband in July of 1969. Lynn was very active as a volunteer in her community. She worked as a librarian at the Clifton Library in Clifton, Maine for over 20 years. She was active in the Girl Scouts of America. She traveled with the Chess Team at John the Baptist Catholic High School in Bangor Maine. Funeral Services will be held in Eddington, Maine. A Memorial Mass will be said in Charleston, S.C. at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Lynn's memory to the Clifton Library, 135 Airline Road, Clifton, Maine 04428, attention Select Men of the Town of Clifton. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths