DOVER - Jean Baker Bewick, Master Gardener, age 81, of Dover, departed her life on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, after a long and courageous struggle with her illness. Jean was born in St. Louis, Mo., on May 13, 1930, to Charles McCoy Baker and Pauline Dasher Baker. She graduated from John Burroughs High School in 1948, where her father was Head of their Humanities Department. Following her high school graduation her father retired and the family moved to her mother's Dasher family home place outside of Moorefield, W.Va. Jean attended Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., for 2 years and then transferred to West Virginia University where she graduated with a BA in English and History. Following graduation Jean married Robert Dixon Bewick, Jr. in 1952 and they began their married life in Dover. In addition to being a devoted and loving wife, mother and homemaker, Jean became very active in many community and gardening clubs and organizations in Dover and throughout Delaware as well as active in the good works at Christ Episcopal Church. She was an active member at various times of her life in the Junior Board of Kent General Hospital, Dover Century Club, Sprig and Twig Garden Club, Potpourri Garden Club, Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs, Delmarva Orchid Society and PA Horticulture Society. Jean became Kent County Master Gardner associated with Delaware State University and the University of Delaware. Jean also taught private kindergarten and volunteered with both the Dover and State Libraries. Her yard and garden became the Bewick family Shangri-la and she willingly shared her plants and gardening expertise with many people. Jean enjoyed camping with her husband Dick, daughter Karen and son Ken and they camped all over the United States and Eastern Canada. Later in their lives Jean & Dick enjoyed cruising and visiting many foreign countries. Jean was also very devoted to her many family dachshunds as well. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Richard; and all of her aunts and uncles. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Dick; her children, Karen Ruth Bewick of Alexandria, Va.; son, Lt. Colonel Kenneth Jeffery Bewick and his wife Sherre of Louisville, Ky.; her brother, Jack Baker of Moorefield, W.Va. and his two children, Holly and Chris; and her brother-in-law, John A. Bewick and his wife Martha of Hingham, Mass., and their children, John, Ben, and Sarah. Both Jean and Dick are very grateful to Season's Hospice and caregivers, Debbie Glanden, Alice Convertry, Mable Glanden, Christal Tucker, for easing Jean's suffering her last several years. A memorial service will be 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at Christ Episcopal Church, Water & State Streets, Dover. Interment will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to Christ Episcopal Church, PO Box 1374, Dover, DE 19903; or Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Delaware, LLC*, 220 Continental Drive, Suite 101, Newark, DE 19713. Letters of condolence may be sent, and a guestbook signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.