St. Clair County Obits

LESTER LEE BAUMGARDEN

Clinton Daily Democrat
17 January 2005
Lester Lee Baumgarden 62, Greenville, Texas, died Friday, January 14, 2005, in his home. Funeral services were Monday, January 17, at 11 a.m. in the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel, Osceola. Burial was in Kings Prairie Cemetery. He was born September 12, 1942, in Collins, to Eva Baumgarden. He was educated in the public schools in Clinton. In 1977 he moved to Greenville, Texas, where he spent his remaining years. He is survived by one son, Rodney Baumgarden and his wife Kristy, Kingsville; two daughters, Regina Renken and her husband Brian, Houston, Texas, and Rhonda Query, lee's Summit; 111 grandchildren, Brandon Easter and wife April, Candace Easter, Tyler, Zachary, Nathaniel, Joshua and Daniel Renken, Amber, Adam, Anna and Amelia Baumgarden; four great-grandchildren and longtime friend and companion Helen Longo; three sisters, Barbara Allen and longtime companion Junior Houk, Wilma Shaw and husband Ron, Wanda Breshears and husband Harold; three brothers, Buford Baumgarden and wife Dorothy, Jackie Baumgarden and Leonard Baumgarden, and sister-in-law Dorothy Baumgarden; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Eva and Pete, and his brothers Chester and Avery Baumgarden.