Marjorie Baum

Marjorie “Margie” J. Baum, 92, loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020, at Westminster Village’s Martin Health Center in Bloomington, Illinois. She was born August 7, 1928 to Palmer and Edna (Lehman) Moser.
She and her siblings, Mary and Millard, grew up in Berne, where her family owned and operated a Ford dealership. Proving that rivals do work well together, she married Richard (Dick) Baum September 4, 1948, whose family owned and operated a Chevrolet dealership in Carlock, Illinois. The two, who were high school-aged sweethearts, met at Camp Mack, a Christian youth camp in Milford.
Following their marriage, they settled in Carlock. Moving to Clinton in 1964, the pair continued to build on a successful business, Baum Chevrolet Buick, and raised three children, Stephanie, Stephen and Scott.
Never one to sit idle when work needed to be done or people needed assistance, she worked in a doctor’s office following high school, raised her children and attended Eureka College to become a certified teacher’s aide in reading, which she used while working in the Clinton Community School District. She also served on the board of directors for the Vespasian Warner Public Library in Clinton and was a children’s Sunday school teacher at both the Mennonite Church of Carlock and Normal.
Gentle and graceful with a classic sense of style and steadfast integrity, she loved reading, writing, recording and reminiscing. In her spare time, she enjoyed traveling, chatting with friends and strangers alike, walking, baking and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She especially loved genealogy, scrapbooking and letter writing, often gifting completed scrapbooks and sending friends and family handwritten notes – in exceptional penmanship – with old snapshots included in her handmade cards.
Her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were a top priority and she spoke and showed her love often.
She is survived by her husband; daughter, Stephanie (Mike) Company; son, Scott (Nancy) Baum; daughter-in-law, Rhonda (Chuck) Kern; four grandchildren, Joe (Carrie) Company; Jeff Company; Rachel (David) Torbert; and Janell (Spencer) Thomas; three brothers, Millard (Janean) Moser; Kenyon (Mary) Sprunger; and Ben (Sue) Sprunger; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stepmother, Viola (Sprunger) Moser; sister, Mary (Moser) Eicher; and son, Stephen Baum.
Due to the ongoing pandemic and current public health directives, a private memorial service for immediate family will be held Saturday, December 12 at 11 a.m. at Calvert Funeral Home in Clinton, Illinois. Officiating will be David Moser and Ron Ropp.
Memorials may be made to Little Galilee Christian Camp, 7539 Little Galilee Road, Clinton, IL 61727; Camp Friedenswald, 15406 Watercress Way,  Cassopolis, MI. 49031-9532; and Mennonite Central Committee, 21 S. 12th Street, PO Box 500, Akron, PA 17501-0500.
Arrangements provided by Calvert Funeral Homes in Clinton, Illinois. Online condolences may be made at www.calvertmemorial.com.