Obit: Baumgartner, Louie P. (1876 - 1959)

Contact: Stan
Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Baumgartner, Blankenship, Bushnell, Gunn

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 07/02/1959

Baumgartner, Louie P. (24 APR 1876 - 28 JUN 1959)

Louie P. Baumgartner, age 83 years, 1 month and 28 days, a former Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) resident, passed away in a hospital on Sunday night, June 28, 1959, in Albany, Oregon, where he had been a patient for two months.

He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on April 24, 1876.  He lived there until 1933 when he moved to Wisconsin.  While her in Owen he was employed at the master Package Corp. from 1936 until he retired.

On March 5, 1945 he married Ella Blankenship.  In 1948 they moved to Oregon, returned in 1950.  In 1951 they left permanently to take residence in Albany, Oregon, where they have been ever since.

He is survived by his wife, Ella, and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Bushnell, Owen, and Mrs. Georgia Gunn, Riverside, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his two sons by a former marriage, Willard and Duane.