Sr. Anne Richard Baker, OP, formerly Genevieve Baker, died Sept. 24 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 86 and in the 68th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sr. Baker was born in Chicago to Bentley and Margaret (Danek) Baker. She received degrees in mathematics from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and University of Detroit.

Sr. Baker spent many decades ministering in education in Michigan, West Virginia and Florida. In Michigan, she taught at St. Brigid, Detroit (1948-52); Our Lady of Victory, Northville (1952-55), and Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington (1955-59).

Sr. Baker is survived by two sisters: Judy Loferski of Portland, Ore., and Kathryn Bosse of Leesburg, Fla., and three brothers: Bentley Baker of Philadelphia, Joseph Baker of Henagar, Ala., and Richard Baker of Minneapolis.

A funeral Mass was offered in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian on Sept. 28. Rite of Committal was to be in the Congregation cemetery.