OBITUARIES: Wally BAUMBERGER, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Wally Baumberger (son of Ernest Baumberger and Cleora "Kelly" Robarge)

From Rice Lake Chronotype, Feb 19 1986

HL: Former Bar Owner, W. Baumberger Dies

 "Former Happy Hour Tavern owner Wally Baumberger, 56, of 413 Slocum St., 
was pronounced dead on arrival Sunday at Lakeview Medical Center in Rice 
Lake.  Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) at Appleyard's Home for 
Funerals in Rice Lake and burial was made in Fort Snelling National Cemetery 
in Minneapolis.

 Mr. Baumberger was born Dec. 6, 1929 in Rice Lake and graduated from Rice 
Lake High School in 1948.  From 1948-1952, he served in the United States 
Navy.  He then returned to Rice Lake and worked as a licensed cheese grader 
for Dairyland Cheese Co.  Later, he owned and operated the Happy Hour Tavern 
in Rice Lake for a number of years.  He was a life member of the Veterans of 
Foreign Wars Post 2204, and also belonged to the Eubanks-Arneson American 
Legion Post.

 He is survived by one daughter, Heidi Baumberger of Columbia, Mo.; two sons, 
Fritz of Gillette, Wyo., and Brad of Savage, Mont.; five grandchildren; his 
mother, Kelly Baziewicz of Rice Lake; and two sisters, Dona Miller of 
Buffalo, Mont., and Darlene Schneider of Janesville."