Primitiva Baker

June 23, 1939 - December 4, 2018

Primitiva Baker, age 79, of Newell, Iowa died on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the Newell Good Samaritan Center in Newell. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bethel Baptist Church in Newell. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Graveside services will be held on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Newell Cemetery. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Newell is in charge of the arrangements. Primitiva (Catamora) Baker, the daughter of Beato M. & Elacia (Medici) Catamora was born June 23, 1939 in the Phillipines. She was raised in San Isidro, Nueya Ecija, Phillipines. She completed high school and then attended college and graduated with a degree in Education. Later, she met and married Richard Baker while he was in the Navy. Two children were born to this union, Erika and Wesley. Primitiva and Richard later divorced. Primitiva moved to Newell, Iowa in the late 1960’s and worked at various jobs including the Dairy Mart and the Newell Good Samaritan Center in Newell and Aalfs and Sara Lee in Storm Lake. Primitiva is survived by her daughter, Erika and husband, Mark Gilligan of Newell and their son, Joseph, and her son, Wesley of Sloan; extended family in the Phillipines. She will be deeply missed by many friends.