Anita Louise Mccroskie

Anita Louise Baker McCroskie, 102, a resident of the Hillsboro community, passed away at her home on September 12, 2020
Anita

Baker

was

born

in

Gilbert

,

Arkansas

in

1917

,

and

is

the

oldest

child

of

four

.

At

eleven

years

old

her

Mother

passed

away

and

her

family

later

moved

to

Missouri

.

Anita

graduated from

high

school

in

Mansfield

, Missouri

.

She

always

loved

school

,

and

her

favorite

subject

was

math

.

In

1944

Anita

met

and

married

James Mc

Croskie

in

Kansas

City

,

Missouri

.

While

dating

they

enjoyed

dancing

to

the

music

of

the

B

i

g

Band

Era

,

and

live

music

.

They

had

one

son

,

many

grandchildren

,

and

nieces

and

nephews

.

Anita

'

s

career

was

mostly

that

of

a

seamstress

working

in

the

garment

district

in

downtown

Kansas

City

and

again

in

Los

Angeles

,

California

.
She

and

James

spent

many

years

together

;

involved

in

politics

,

playing

cards

,

and

traveling

across

the

country

visiting

relatives

throughout

the

United

States

.

Anita

(

Nana

)

was

a

good

cook

and

you

could

always

count

on

a

wonderful

home

cooked

dinner

at

their

home

every

Sunday

.

She

loved

teaching

Sunday

school

and

bein

g

active

in

her

church

,

where

she

was

always

loved and

appreciated

.

After

James

'

s

death

in

1991

Anita

moved

to

Oregon

to

live

with

her

sister

and

family

.

Her

hobbies

were

gardening

,

reading

,

and

writing

letters

to

family

and

friends

.

She

was an excellent

seamstress

and

made

many

quilts

.

Anita

moved

to

Cornell

Estates

May

of

2019

and

enjoyed

her

new

studio

apartment

,

and

making

new

friends

.