Michael A. "Mike" Baumgartner,
November 18, 2016 at 4:36 p.m.
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He was born Oct. 17, 1949, in Goshen, to Richard Earl and Marjorie J. Miller Baumgartner.
He graduated in 1967 from New Paris High School and was a United States Navy veteran. He grew up in Syracuse and lived in Alaska and Oregon for several years before returning to the Syracuse area in the 1990s. He was formerly employed with a logging company in Alaska for 20-plus years and Sudlow Pier Shop in Syracuse for eight years.
He was a former member of American Legion Post 223, Syracuse.
He is survived by a sister, Judy (spouse Dennis) Sharp, Milford; a brother, Jack Baumgartner, Syracuse; a niece, Marjorie Parker-Slusser; and a great-niece and great-nephew, Cassidy Parker and Kailer Slusser.
He was preceded by his parents.
No public services are planned. Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw. Private family burial will take place at the Felkner Cemetery, Milford, at a later date.
Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to the Salvation Army, 501 Arthur St., Warsaw, IN 46580.
To send condolences to the family in Mr. Baumgartner’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
He was born Oct. 17, 1949, in Goshen, to Richard Earl and Marjorie J. Miller Baumgartner.
He graduated in 1967 from New Paris High School and was a United States Navy veteran. He grew up in Syracuse and lived in Alaska and Oregon for several years before returning to the Syracuse area in the 1990s. He was formerly employed with a logging company in Alaska for 20-plus years and Sudlow Pier Shop in Syracuse for eight years.
He was a former member of American Legion Post 223, Syracuse.
He is survived by a sister, Judy (spouse Dennis) Sharp, Milford; a brother, Jack Baumgartner, Syracuse; a niece, Marjorie Parker-Slusser; and a great-niece and great-nephew, Cassidy Parker and Kailer Slusser.
He was preceded by his parents.
No public services are planned. Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw. Private family burial will take place at the Felkner Cemetery, Milford, at a later date.
Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to the Salvation Army, 501 Arthur St., Warsaw, IN 46580.
To send condolences to the family in Mr. Baumgartner’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
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