Rev. Walter Baumann

Walter Arthur Gustav Baumann, the son of the late Walter Herman Baumann and his wife Fern Margaret Belanger, was born in Wausau, June 26th of the year of our Lord 1952.
Already in very early infancy he was received into God's Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, which baptismal vow he renewed on the day of his Confirmation, April 3, 1966.
Walter graduated from Wausau Senior High School (East) in 1970 and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1974 with a teaching degree in German, Spanish and French. In 1975, he attended Martin Luther Institute of Sacred Studies near Shepherd, Michigan. His two summer vicarages were at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Piedmont, Missouri and Emmaus Ev. Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois. Walter graduated from MLISS on January 27, 1978.
He was ordained in the holy ministry on June 11, 1978, in his first parish, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Courtland, Ontario, Canada.
On January 1, 1980, Walter also began serving Christ the Master Ev. Lutheran Church in Walled Lake, Michigan, evenings, first as vacancy pastor and then as the called pastor. He taught classes half weeks in the parochial school. In 1983, he accepted a call from Gloria Del Lutheran Church, Hood River, Oregon and moved there in November 1983. He also taught numerous subjects in their parochial school and served many terms as principal. Walter made brief trips to Nigeria and Kenya for the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation and was given a leave of absence to preach and teach at a mission in Rastatt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, for six months in mid 1996. He also served as LCR Missionary-At-Large (West) while pastor of Gloria Del.
Pastor Baumann departed this earthly life on June 26, 2014 at the Providence Medical Center of Portland, Oregon.
He leaves to mourn his passing his brother, Dale (Sarah) Baumann, two sisters, Gayle Baumann and Usona Mallak, three nieces, Jamie (Mike) Wilde, Katie Mallak, Mikayla Baumann and a nephew, Michael Baumann all of Wausau, members of his congregation and friends.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Helke Funeral Home, 302 Spruce St., Wausau. Reverend Pederson will officiate. His mortal remains will be committed to the family plot at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Naugart. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from Noon until the time of services. You may sign our family guest book at Helke.com.
May the dear Lord in His boundless grace and mercy, grant to the lifeless body rest in the bosom of the earth, and hereafter, together with all the true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, a joyful resurrection unto life everlasting.