Edward G. Baes

December 2, 1929 - October 7, 2019

Edward G. Baes, 89, of Hagar Shores died Monday, October 7, 2019, at his home. Family services will be held at a later date and burial of the ashes will be at North Shore Memory Gardens. Memorials may be made to Hospice at Home of Caring Circle. The arrangements are by the Davidson Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in Coloma. Please share memories, messages or photos at www.florin.net. Ed was born on Dec 2, 1929 in Riverside to Gustave and Martha Baes. He married his wife, Caroline Howard, in 1951 and together they celebrated 68 years of marriage. He was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the US Army. Ed was employed at Whirlpool Corporation for 46 years and retired in 1994. He had numerous jobs in the factory and ended working in the Tool Crib for the last 10 years. He enjoyed going to breakfast with his group of friends. Ed was an outdoors person who also enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping and participating in muzzle loading competitions. He also enjoyed traveling and vacationing with his wife on his motorcycle. Ed was a kind, gentle, calm person and a wonderful husband and father to his family. His family includes his wife, Caroline, his 2 grandchildren, Kenneth Baes and Heather (Carl) Klotz, his 4 great grandchildren, his 2 great great grandchildren, his daughter-in-law, Jeanne Baes of Otsego, his brother, Paul Baes of Coloma and his 3 sisters, Helen Brooks of Vienna, VA, Evelyn Knuth of FL and Ruth Sundell of Eau Claire. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Ronald, in 2015; his 2 brothers, August and Robert and his sister, Sally Ann.