Amelia Marguerite Baumgartner

Amelia Marguerite Baumgartner, age 95, died Wednesday, December 22, 2004. Mrs. Baumgartner spent her childhood in Rochester, N.Y. She was the daughter of William Heydweiller and Amelia (Karle) Heydweiller. Mrs. Baumgartner was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick M. Baumgartner in 1996, and a grandchild, Sarah Baumgartner in 1999. Survivors include three sons, Ted A. Baumgartner, Athens, Ga., William M. Baumgartner, Ridgefield, Wa., and Karl H. Baumgartner, Richmond, Tx., a daughter, Barbara M. MacAlpine, San Antonio, Tx., eight grandchildren and a sister, Mary Benson, Saranac Lake, N.Y. Mrs. Baumgartner was a graduate of the university of Rochester, with a Ph.D. in ornithology from Cornell University. She wrote bird and nature articles for local and state papers for years. In 1975 she and her husband started Little Lewis Whirlwind Nature School and Sanctuary in Jay, Ok. She and her husband published Oklahoma Bird Life with the Oklahoma University Press in 1992. The body was cremated and the remains buried in Halstead, Ks. Next to the grave of her husband. Memorials may be made to Oklahoma Orinthological Society, c/o William Carter, P.O. Box 2209, Ada, Ok. 74821-2209. The family can be contacted through Ted Baumgartner.