Cheyanne Alexis Dawn Baker, 28, Ottawa, died Tuesday July 2, 2024, at Advent Health Ottawa.
Born June 2, 1996, in Overland Park, Cheyanne was the daughter of Melvin Shaffer and Amy Elizabeth Cox. Cheyanne grew up in Missouri and Kansas eventually spending most of her teenage years in Galena, until moving to Ottawa her senior year of school and graduating from Ottawa High School with the class of 2014.
Cheyanne was currently a volunteer for Prairie Paws Animal Shelter. She loved being with the animals.
Cheyanne loved visiting with people. She was a very friendly and happy person to have in your life. She loved to go shopping and often bought things for others. She was always thinking of others, she had a very kind heart and loving personality. She accepted the lord as her personal savior at a young age and was grateful he was in her life. She regularly attended Ottawa Revival Center and Ottawa Bible Church.
Cheyanne was preceded in death by her mother Amy Cox and adoptive grandfathers, Edward Baker II and Stephen Keith; along with her beloved dog, Dot.
Survivors include her brother, Brice Casting, McPherson; adoptive father, Edward Baker III, Riverton; adoptive mother, Stephanie Baysinger and husband, Steve; adoptive sister, Kaitlin Sivert and husband Nick; nieces Kenzley and Parker; grandparents Bruce and Sheryl Cox of Ottawa; adoptive grandmothers Judy Baker of Riverton and Joyce Keith of Baxter Springs; uncle, Larry Cox; aunt, Teresa Soto and her husband, Oscar of Ottawa; and cousins Tristan Cox and Fabian Soto, along with a host of adoptive aunts, uncles, cousins and friends also survive.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 16 at Ottawa Bible Church; interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa.
The family will greet friends for a visitation from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, July 15, at Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home in Ottawa.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cheyanne Baker Memorial Fund and sent c/o Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home, P.O. Box 14, Ottawa, KS 66067. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.lambroberts. com.