Deanna Lynn Baldwin passed away July 3rd, 2019 at her home in Bermuda Dunes, California.
She was born in Danbury, Connecticut on August 23rd, 1944 to Ruth and Elias Richmond, and grew up in Pawling, New York. She graduated from Pawling High School in 1962, and she attended Skidmore College to study Art and French. After college she began work in the publishing industry with Ski Magazine. Her work and passion for adventure lead her to travel and live many places around the globe before moving to several ski towns in Colorado. While living in Vail, Colorado, she met Samuel Curt Baldwin and they were married November 8th, 1980. Their only child Clayton Baldwin was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1982. Deanna and her family moved to the Coachella Valley in Southern California in the late 80s, where she worked for several companies in the marketing industry.
On top of a successful career she always found time to give back and be a part of many charity causes close to her heart. No matter how busy she was with her own work and passions, her top priority was always to her family and being involved in anything Sam and Clayton were a part of. Her incredible passion and love of art, photography, her family, and her dog Teek was evident immediately to anyone that ever met her. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, and years later with metastatic breast cancer, she became an advocate for all women going through breast cancer, and devoted a majority of her time to support these women in any and all ways she could.
She is survived by her husband Samuel Baldwin, her son Clayton Baldwin, her sister Francis Laurie and husband George, her brother Nathaniel Richmond and wife Anne. She is also survived by her in-laws Bill Baldwin and his wife Bonnie, Larry Baldwin and his wife Lynne, Joyce Holtzclaw and her husband Mark, Clark Baldwin and his wife Shiloy, Lucille Tietz, Ted Baldwin and Kristy, as well as many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will be held on August 10th in Palm Desert, California. Please RSVP to CaliforniaBaldwins@gmail.
com for location and details on the celebration. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations please be made to BreastCancer.org and/or Stand Up To Cancer.
