A private graveside service for Martin Baumann, 87, of Marshall, will be held at the Marshall City Cemetery. A public memorial service will take place at 2:00 p.m. next Friday, October 12, 2018, at Christ Lutheran Church in Marshall. The family will be available for greetings for an hour prior to the service at church.
Martin Baumann was born on November 24, 1930, in Wabasso, MN, to the Rev Erwin and Cora (Sauer) Baumann. He graduated from Wabasso High School and Bethany Lutheran College. On July 2, 1961, he was united in marriage to Marrina Bostelmann. Martin taught in Manitowoc, WI, for a time before returning to Marshall where he worked for 27 years as a Payroll Accountant for the Schwan Food Company.
Martin died on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at the Avera Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall. He is survived by his son, John Baumann of Mankato, sister Mildred Phelon of Eagan, in-laws Theodore Blong of Bloomington, Allan and Margaret Bostelmann of Minneapolis, Sarah Bostelmann of St. Louis, MO, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Marrina, her parents, Rev Albert and Elsie Bostelmann, sister Marion Blong and brother-in-law Phillip Phelon.
Memorials preferred to Christ Lutheran Church, Bethany Lutheran College or a charity of the donorâs choice.