Brenda Yvette Baker

Brenda was born on May 20, 1964 in Austin, Texas to Fernando Cantu, Jr and Sylvia Cantu. She graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1982. After high school she married her one and only love Jay Baker. The Baker family was complete when their son Weston Cole Baker was born in 1992.

Brenda was an avid trail runner, what started off as a hobby and escape from a fussy newborn turned into passion that spanned 25 years. She started with road running but her love grew to trail running where she completed an insane amount of all night runs. Brenda also loved her rose garden and tending to her yard. Brenda was raised Catholic and had a strong faith that was reflected though out her life. Brenda will be remembered for her love of family, her infectious smile, and her passion for living life.

Brenda is survived by her mother Sylvia Cantu of Austin, Texas; her husband of 34 years Jay Baker, and son Weston Baker, her sisters Liza Gonzales and Holly Keen Reimer of Austin, Texas.

Friends are cordially invited to a memorial service at three o’clock in the afternoon, on Sunday February 11,2018, at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas.

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