Celebration of Life
Morgantown Church of the Brethren-
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646 Virginia Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26505
1920
Genevieve
2018
Genevieve L. Baehr
February 9, 1920 — January 25, 2018
Genevieve Fike Baehr, a resident of Morgantown, passed away peacefully in her home on January 25th at the age of 97. Genevieve was the third child of Lena and Henry Fike, and part of the extended Fike family who have lived in the Preston County and Morgantown area since the early 1700s.
Genevieve, born on February 9, 1920 in Greenwood, Delaware, first came to live in Morgantown in 1936 with her family, so that she and her three brothers, Milton, Ralph, and Robert, (all deceased) could attend college at West Virginia University. Genevieve was recently inducted into the WVU Emeritus Alumni Club. After receiving her Bachelors and Masters degrees from WVU, Genevieve went on to teach biological science and physical education. She spent thirty years in Chicago, where she raised her children and taught in the Chicago City Colleges and at the University of Chicago Laboratory School. After she retired, she returned to Morgantown to care for her aging parents.
She leaves behind her son, Fred Baehr, who also resides in Morgantown; her daughter, Sonya Baehr and son-in-law, Thomas W. Jones of Brooklyn, New York; her two grandchildren, Dr. Tom Baehr-Jones, a research scientist in the field of nanophotonics and computational chemistry, and Vanessa Baehr-Jones Stout, a federal prosecutor in San Francisco; as well as her great grandson, Emmett Baehr Stout.
For many decades, Genevieve was an active member of the Morgantown Church of the Brethren at 464 Virginia Avenue. The church was founded by members of her extended family and a memorial service celebrating her life will be held there on Monday, February 5th at 4:30 pm. Genevieve taught her children and grandchildren to remember this truth: What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
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