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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