Diane Baker

Diane Marie Jones Baker, 69, died Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 7:00 AM. She was a native and resident of Houma, LA. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Chauvin Funeral Home, Inc. and Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 8:30 AM until funeral time at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM. Burial will be held in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery #2. She is survived by her daughter, Bonnie Baker Prosperie and husband, Shane; brothers, Richard "Dickey" Jones, Jr. and wife, JoAnn, and Chris P. Jones and wife, Linda; sisters, Jean J. Roth and husband, Jerry, Faye J. Roth, Christina "Tina" Jones, Cindy J. Smith and husband, Ray, and Charlotte Ann Jones; grandchildren, Jeremy and Jett Prosperie. She was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, Robert Graham Baker; parents, Richard Morgan Sr. and Shirley Marie Darsey Jones; brother, Caul R. Jones; sister, Peggy Ann Jones; brother-in-law, Harry "Booger" Roth. She was a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. She retired from First National Bank of Houma after 25 years. She was employed part time at C & L. She was involved with the Vietnam Veteran Association and the Louisiana Vietnam War Dog Memorial which she solely established. She also had a deep love of animals and was involved in numerous community activities. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister, who will be greatly missed by all who knew her.