William G. Baldwin |
| Posted 2024-01-21 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Wednesday, October 4, 2023, p. A-6 William G. Baldwin, age 89, passed away peacefully at home on Sept. 20, 2023 after battling prostate cancer for nearly 20 years. He was born on the family farm in Crystal Springs, Miss. on Nov. 11, 1933 to Oakley and Elizabeth Baldwin. After graduating high school, he attended Copiah- Lincoln Junior College where he met the love of his life, Bonita Herrington. Bill and Bonita were married on June 27, 1952. Bill and Bonita lived in Crystal Springs until 1954. While there, they welcomed their first child, Karen. Later that year, they moved to Blythe, Calif., where Bill began what would be a long, successful career as a farmer. While in Blythe, they added three more children in to the family: John, Jeannette and Charles. In 1964 the family moved to Parker, Ariz., where Baldwin Farms thrived for over 30 years. While living in Parker, Bill got his pilot's license and enjoyed offroad racing. Bill and Bonita bought property in Skull Valley, Ariz. in 1980. They split their time between Parker and Skull Valley for many years, as Bill transformed the Baldwin Over the Hill Ranch into their future retirement home. Cultivating fruit trees and a garden at the ranch kept him in touch with the land even after he retired from full-time farming in 1999. Eventually, they moved to Wickenburg in 2014, where Bill continued to garden and enthusiastically started flying again. He is preceded in death by his parents and his older sisters, Edna Chandley and Helen Telfer. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Bonita; younger siblings, Tom Baldwin (Miriam) and Ruth Baldwin (John); children, Karen Donathen (Steve), John Baldwin, Jeannette White (Mark) and Charles Baldwin (Beverly). He was a beloved grandfather to 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church (450 Rose Lane) in Wickenburg. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Humane Society of Wickenburg in honor of Bill's life-long love of "man's best friend". |
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