Amy Jean Baker

A Celebration of Life Service for Amy Jean Baker, 41, of Temple, formerly of Chatsworth, Iowa, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 16, 2019, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel in Belton.

Miss Baker passed away Sunday, November 10, 2019 in Temple, due to injuries in an unfortunate accident.

Miss Baker was born October 2, 1978, in Sioux City, Iowa, daughter of Kim Baker and Steven Sands.  Amy Jean graduated from West Sioux High School in 1997.  She served in the United States Marine Corps.  Amy Jean started her career with UPS in 1997 in Sioux City, Iowa, and then later transferred to the Belton, Texas branch where she was currently employed.  She enjoyed her UPS family for 22 years.  She was working along the way to obtain a nursing degree but said UPS would still be No. 1.   She also did some CNA positions in Sioux City and Belton.

Amy Jean was so talented, generous, kindhearted, energetic and loving.  She would go out of her way to help her friends; a stranger or she would go all the way back to McDonald’s or Wal Mart to buy something for a homeless person and/or their pet.  Many of her many animals were rescue or abandoned but she just couldn’t resist because of her love and compassion.  She loved working on her crafts, in her yard, on her vehicles.  She loved to cook for others and her dogs.  Her son would always say, “My Mom is the best cook in the whole world.”   She had a big heart for all her nieces and nephews.  She was known as “Koala” to them.  They knew when she said something, they better listen.  Although she moved to Texas, she held onto the fond memories of the fun times back home with her cousins, aunts, uncles, great grandma, friends, brother and sister.

Amy Jean’s biggest joy was her one and only child, her son, Keion.  He was her whole life!  She absolutely poured her love all over and around him.  She was his biggest fan!  (There was only one game of the THS Wildcats she could not get into, so she actually stood outside the gate and cried because she wasn’t in the stands near the field.) They had so much fun together no matter what they did or where they went. Keion is like his mom in so many ways, and there wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for him. Keion loved his Momma, as much as she loved him.

Amy Jean is survived by her son, Keion Johnson of Temple, mother Kim (Baker) Barley of Chatsworth, Iowa/ Temple, Texas, father Steven Sands of Chatsworth, Iowa, brother David Sands and sister Kara Sands both of Council Bluffs, Iowa, grandmother Grace (Baker) Beck of Hawarden, Iowa, and many cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and many friends. Some of her closest friends were Brooke Walker, Fedrick “Fed” Moreland and Lennard Ball, although everyone was special to Amy Jean, in their own way.

Immediately following the service will be a luncheon at Ace High Bingo, 2001 West Adams, Suite A, Temple, Texas 76504

Condolences, cards, expressions of sympathy may be directed to her son, Keion Johnson or Mom, Kim (Baker) Barkley, at 250 FM 439 Loop, Killeen, Texas 76543, c/o Thomas Baker.

Please, always remember to tell your loved ones how much you love them.