St. Clair County Obits

FRAN KAYE BALDWIN

Eldorado Sun
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Fran Kaye (Trombley) Baldwin - Fran Kaye (Trombley) Baldwin, 48, Collins, passed from this life on (Good Friday) March 21, 2008. She was born on Sept. 26, 1959, in New Hope, NC, to Robert and
Dorothy Trombley.
The loss of Fran brings grief and sadness to those who knew and loved her. She touched many lives and her
loving and caring nature affected everyone she met. She will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
She graduated from Palmer High School (Colorado Springs) in 1978. On that graduation night she dated
Paul W. Baldwin for the first time after a long friendship and they were married a year later on Aug. 7, 1979.
Fran was a devoted wife to Paul and a mother to their three children - Paul Robert Baldwin - Tucson, AZ,
Christopher Baldwin - Kansas City, and Ashley (Baldwin) Elsey - Baumholder, Germany. She devoted
much of her married life to caring and raising her children in an environment of love, mutual respect, education and admonition of the Almighty God-Jesus Christ and exemplifying the character thereof.
While living in Colorado Springs, she worked at Ent Federal Credit Union and Sam's Club in the early years
and later worked with her mother-in-law, Sue Baldwin, as antique dealers. After moving to Missouri in 1999, she volunteered at Weaubleau High School and worked as a server at Peggy's Restaurant while writing as a free lance writer for the Hickory County Index and St. Clair County Courier. She also worked part-time for the family business of Baldwin Painting & Restorations, Inc. She has volunteered on Mexico
mission trips and was a tremendous supporter of children's education ministries worldwide.
Fran is survived by her husband, Paul; three children; her younger sister; her parents and her mother-in-law.
Those who preceded her in death and greeted her in heaven were her 11 months-older sister, Cathy, who
passed on Jan. 6, 2007, and her father-in-law, Charles E. Baldwin, who passed on Oct. 11, 2004.
For her husband, Paul, he lost the battle but Fran won the war for there will be no tears, no sorrow and no
cancer in Heaven.
Services for Fran will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel. Burial will in the Ellis Chapel Cemetery in Wister, OK, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 29, under the direction of Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.