Deborah “Debbie” Baker

February 2, 1921 - July 27, 2023

Debbie Baker was 102 years old when she died peacefully at her home in Burlingame, Calif. Debbie was born in San Francisco, Calif., and spent all her active and full life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Soon after graduating from Polytechnic High School, Debbie married Earl J. (Louie) Baker in 1940. Earl and his “Rose” were the love of each other’s lives for 47 years until Earl’s untimely death in 1987. Earl remained the love of Debbie’s life until her passing.

Debbie had a long career working in cosmetics and as an independent fragrance consultant for various fragrance companies at landmark San Francisco and Peninsula department stores including the White House and Joseph Magnin in San Francisco, as well as Nordstrom in San Mateo. Her sisters and nieces tell of how much they loved getting samples of perfume from her.

She also worked in the Interpreting and Translating Division of the United Nations Charter in 1945 in San Francisco and was a translator for Lehman Printing Company.

Debbie was preceded in death by parents, Renee and William Amable; her husband, Earl J. Baker; sisters, Isabel Thomas and Carmel Amable; brother, Bill Amable; brothersin-law, Edmund Hallen, Joe Amable, and Everett Thomas; sister-in-law, Gloria Amable; nephew, Michael Hallen; and nieces, Carleita Schwartz and Denise Pino. She is survived by her sisters, Renee Hallen and Graciela Petrini; and her brother, Henry Amable who just recently passed, as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and nephews, and two great-greatnephews!

Debbie was a beautiful woman inside and out and was loved and respected by everyone who had the good fortune to know her. She loved life and loved a good party! She was also active on the board of her condominium complex in Burlingame. She loved traveling with her husband to Spain and Mexico as well as Europe’s many countries with her nephew, Michael Hallen and family. San Sebastian Spain was one of her favorite places where she and Earl “adopted” a second family with whom she grew very close.

When asked what the secret to her long life was, she always answered, “I just keep on going,” which she certainly did for 102 years! Debbie will be sorely missed by all her friends and family.

There were not any funeral services, although there will be a celebration of life at a future date.

Online condolences may be made at www.duggansserra.com