More detail on this person: Anchorage Daily
News (AK) - Friday, February 15, 1991
A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 2 p.m. Monday at Holy Family
Cathedral for ERA Aviation President David Lynne
Baumeister, 46. Archbishop Francis Hurley and the
Rev. Mr. Felix Maguire will officiate. A
visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday
with a vigil service at Witzleben Family Funeral
Homes and Crematory, Bragaw Chapel. Mr.
Baumeister died Feb. 13 at his Anchorage
residence.
He was born Feb. 19, 1944, in Batavia, Ill. He was
raised in Finley, Ohio, where he graduated from
Finley High School in 1962. Later that same year,
he joined the U.S. Army and after flight school
served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot.
While serving in the Army as a chief warrant
officer 2, he was awarded the National Defense
Service Medal, Army Aviator Badge, Good Conduct
Medal and Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters.
Mr. Baumeister left the Army in 1967 and took a
job as a commercial helicopter pilot in San
Francisco.
He married Peggy Quilter Aug. 10, 1968, in San
Francisco. In March 1969, he moved to Anchorage
and became a pilot with Anchorage Helicopter Inc.
In 1974, he joined ERA Aviation Inc. In 1985, he
became the president of ERA Aviation.
Mr. Baumeister served on the board of the
Anchorage Boys Club and had been president of
the Anchorage Olympic Organizing Committee. He
was involved in Junior Achievement of Alaska and
was currently the president of the Anchorage
Hockey Referee Association. He was also active in
the Boy Scouts Western Council.
He was a lay member of the Bar Disciplinary
Committee, an arbitrator for the Conflict
Resolution Center, a member of the Twirlie Birds,
a past president of the Alaska Air Carriers
Association, and a member of the Consumer
Advisory Board to Enstar Natural Gas Co.
Mr. Baumeister was also a eucharistic minister at
Holy Family Cathedral. He was an avid hockey fan,
enjoyed scuba diving, hunting, fishing and
golfing.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy of Anchorage;
his mother, Jean Dunford of Eureka, Calif.; his
son, John of San Diego; his daughters, Laura and
Sarah, both of Anchorage; his brother, Richard of
Eureka; and his sisters, Susan Harper of Eureka,
Pat Wallace of Morgantown, Va., Jackie Morris of
Columbus, Ohio, and Joanne Turner and Mary
Veliquette, both of Sacramento, Calif.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that
memorial contributions be directed to the Boys and
Girls Club of Alaska, 2300 W. 36th Ave., Anchorage
99517.
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