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Silas Baumann Obituary
Fr. Silas (Gerald) Baumann, OFM Cap., 87, a native of Wausau, died in Appleton, May 2, 2013. Fr. Silas taught Chemistry at St. Lawrence Seminary High School for over 20 years. He also served as spiritual director for the Secular Franciscans in the Fond du Lac and Fox Valley area. He often said how much he enjoyed living the community life of a Capuchin Friar. He was invested in 1943. His first profession was in 1944 and he perpetually professed in 1947. Fr. Silas was ordained in 1951. Until his retirement in 1996, Fr. Silas served in a variety of ministries, including retreat work, post-novitiate formation and chaplaincy.
Fr. Silas is survived by his siblings: Daniel Baumann, Sheboygan; Virginia Papa, Sheboygan Falls; and Barbara (Herb) Goeden, Peachtree, GA. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, great and great-great cousins, Capuchin brothers and Franciscan Seculars.
Fr. Silas was preceded in death by his parents Alfred J. and Gertrude (Martini) Baumann; brother Clarence J. Baumann; and sister and brother-in-law: Margie Baumann and Ermino P. Papa.
Visitation will be held Tuesday May 7, 2013 at ST. JOSEPH PARISH (404 W. Lawrence, Appleton) from 8:30 a.m. until time of Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM at the St. Lawrence Friary Cemetery, Mt. Calvary. To sign the guest book, visit oconnellfh.com.
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Larry Swette
May 6, 2013
Fr. Silas was our SLS dorm sergeant in St Joseph Hall in 1952, and then later our chemistry teacher. I hated chemistry at the time, and then went on to Marquette and made it my profession for the next 40 years. We remember him fondly. Adieu to a good quiet reserved man of God.
Regis Armstrong
May 5, 2013
What a wonderful human being we have lost. We were together at the Franciscan Institute - I as a "know-it-all" professor, Silas as an unassuming student who really did know it all and knew what it was like to truly live the Capuchin values we shared - yours truly with a head knowledge, he with one of the heart!!
My prayer of gratitude for having known him. May he rest in God's love
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