Elvis Dale Baumwart
Funeral services for Elvis D. Baumwart, 91, Clinton resident, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the First Christian Church, officiated by Pat Peters.
Elvis Dale Baumwart died early Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in the Sterling House Assisted Living in Edmond. He was born July 15, 1923 in Canute, the son of Glen and Alice (Mingus) Baumwart.
The Baumwart family moved to Clinton when Elvis was very young. He attended the Clinton Schools where he graduated in 1942.
He was soon employed with the Union Pacific Railroad Shops as a boilermaker helper in Los Angeles, Calif.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on Dec. 7, 1942. He was a radio operator and mechanic on B-29 bombers in the 20th Air Force.
He received an American Service Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal and Asiatic Pacific Theater Service Medal with five Bronze Battle Stars.
His military service took him completely around the world before he was honorably discharged in November of 1945 at the rank of sergeant.
On July 6, 1946, he married Iris Jean Miller from Arapaho in Wheeler, Texas. They made their home in Clinton, and he became a butcher and worked in the meat markets of Bestway and Puckett Food Stores for two years.
In 1948, he began a career with the U.S. Postal Service and in 1977 he transferred to Butler as rural mail carrier for almost three years.
He retired from the U.S. Post Office in November of 1980 and received his 35 year pin for service accomplished with his military service.
Following his postal retirement, he worked over eight years full and part time driving the Bookmobile for the Western Plains Library.
He was a longtime faithful and active member of the First Christian Church and also a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Masonic Lodge.
He had served as scoutmaster and then assistant scoutmaster for several years for Troop 362, which met at the First Christian Church. He had helped many scouts attain their merit badges by teaching them Morse code and signaling.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Iris; a son, Marvin Dale Baumwart; two sisters Glendora Melder and Eula Mae Ballard; and a brother, Eldon Baumwart.
Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Bell and her husband, Robert, of Edmond; a son, Alvin Baumwart and his wife, Donna, of Arapaho; four grandchildren, Angie DuBois, and her husband, Bill, of Mustang, Ryan Baumwart and his wife, Shaundra, of Stillwater, Chad Baumwart and his wife, April, of Oklahoma City, and Colin Bell, of Stillwater; two great-grandchildren, Iris and Vince DuBois; and a sister-in-law, Emma Lou Vogt and her husband, Paul, of Clinton.
Burial will conclude in the Clinton Cemetery, under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton. The family has suggested that those wanting to give a memorial contribution may do so to the First Christian Church of Clinton, or the Christian Veterinary Mission, 19303 Fremont Ave. North, Seattle, WA, 989133 for the DuBois Family.