Estella Pauline Baker, age 87 of Rich Hill, Missouri died Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at Nathan Richard Health Care Center in Nevada, Missouri. She was born March 14, 1936 to Charles Thomas and Evelyn Leona Hewitt Kennedy in Rich Hill, Missouri.
Estella, one of five children, grew up in Rich Hill, Missouri where she attended grade school and high school. She was a homemaker and also owned and operated an upholstery shop as well as a new and used furniture and antique shop in Butler, Missouri. Estella, along with her husband Dwight Terry, owned a dairy farm near Butler. She was baptized in the Rich Hill Baptist Church. In 1956 she married Dwight Terry and to this union, five children were born. In 1972 she married Clarence Bledsoe and to this union, two children were born.
Estella was known as friendly, out going, hard headed and determined. She was not a shy person and was very out spoken and firm in her beliefs. Estella enjoyed doing crafts, reading, quilting, sewing, canning, spending time with her family and working in her yard and garden.
Estella is survived by three sons, Joseph W. Terry of Rich Hill, Missouri, Stephen J. Terry and wife Cindy of Parker, Colorado and Daniel P. Bledsoe and wife Candie of Fall City, Nebraska; three daughters, Deborah D. Terry of Rich Hill, Missouri, Evelyn D. “Deann” Didier of Nevada, Missouri and Iris L. Chrisenbery of Hume, Missouri; 16 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Gary Kennedy and wife Peggy of Adrian, Missouri; a sister, Ruth Shook and husband David of Noblesville, Indiana; and a sister-in-law, Lois Kennedy of Nevada, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Dwight David Terry; two brothers, Charles Kennedy and Alfred Kennedy; and a sister-in-law, Karen Kennedy.
