LARRY DAVID BAUM
"A" Company
504th Military Police Battalion
1964 - 1966
September
17, 1942 - January 6, 2004
Norwalk, Ohio
(all photos courtesy of Kay Baum)
Obituary from the
Sandusky Register
NORWALK -- Larry David Baum, 61, of
Norwalk, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Allen Medical Center, Oberlin.
He was born Sept. 17, 1942, in Norwalk, and was a 1960 graduate of Townsend and Wakeman Schools.
Baum served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1966 with the 504th Military Police Unit in Vietnam.
He retired after 33 years with Carpenters Union Local 940, having worked with several area contractors and was currently a driver for 7 D Trucking. He also farmed in Townsend Township for many years.
He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Norwalk. He enjoyed target shooting and attending events at the mud bog.
Survivors include his wife, Kay L. (nee Overmyer); daughters Jacqueline Visintine of Ashland and Jennifer Baum of Norwalk; brother, Robert Baum of Norwalk; sister, Lynda Davis of Loveland, Colo.; and a grandson and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Lois Baum; and sister, Judy Baum.
Friends may call Friday, 4 to 8 p.m., at Evans and Groff Funeral Home, 314 E. Main St., Norwalk. A memorial service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in St. Peter Lutheran Church, 243 Benedict Ave., with the Rev. Fred Wiechers officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Monroeville.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christie Lane Industries, 306 S. Norwalk Road, Norwalk 44857.
He was born Sept. 17, 1942, in Norwalk, and was a 1960 graduate of Townsend and Wakeman Schools.
Baum served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1966 with the 504th Military Police Unit in Vietnam.
He retired after 33 years with Carpenters Union Local 940, having worked with several area contractors and was currently a driver for 7 D Trucking. He also farmed in Townsend Township for many years.
He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Norwalk. He enjoyed target shooting and attending events at the mud bog.
Survivors include his wife, Kay L. (nee Overmyer); daughters Jacqueline Visintine of Ashland and Jennifer Baum of Norwalk; brother, Robert Baum of Norwalk; sister, Lynda Davis of Loveland, Colo.; and a grandson and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Lois Baum; and sister, Judy Baum.
Friends may call Friday, 4 to 8 p.m., at Evans and Groff Funeral Home, 314 E. Main St., Norwalk. A memorial service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in St. Peter Lutheran Church, 243 Benedict Ave., with the Rev. Fred Wiechers officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Monroeville.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christie Lane Industries, 306 S. Norwalk Road, Norwalk 44857.
