Pearl Stoker, 71, a resident of Blakely Care Center, North Baltimore, died Nov. 7 in Wood county Hospital, Bowling Green. She was born April 17, 1920 in Defiance County to Harley and Grace (Sharp) Martin. She married Clarence Baney and they were divorced. She later married Paul J. Stoker on April 15, 1972 and he died July 12, 1991. Mrs. Stoker was a homemaker. Surviving are her sons, Richard Stoker of Deshler and Ronnie Stoker of Blissfield, Mich.; daughters, Esther Stoker and Mrs. Terry (Joanne) Morris both of Adrian, Mich.; Frances Butler of Riga, Mich., Mrs. Don (Grace) Friedley of Durand, Mich., Sheila Huff of West Millgrove; 18 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother Harold Martin of Dowagiac, Mich., and sister, Daisy Meier of North Baltimore. She was preceded in death by brothers Kenneth Myers and Louis Bowsher and a sister, Esther Moore. Funeral services were held Nov. 9 in Smith Crates Funeral Home, North Baltimore. The Revs. Pauline Stephens and Gary Greer officiated. Burial in Maplewood Cemetery, North Baltimore.