- Date Of Birth: October 16, 1923
- Date Of Death: April 27, 2021
- State: Florida
On the morning of April 27, 2021, Faye Byrne Baumgarten passed peacefully at the home of her daughter-in-law Margaret (Peg) Byrne, in Troy, Maine, with whom she lived. She was surrounded by her loving family when she passed.
Faye was born October 16, 1923 in Westfield, MA. Six months later she and her family moved to Hialegh, FL where she spent her childhood. When she was a teenager, the family moved to Waterbury, CT, where she graduated from Wilby High School in 1941. She went to work at the American Brass Co. until her marriage to her high school sweetheart, Kenneth Bryne. They were married for 50 years and had one child, a son Douglas.
A few years after the loss of both mothers and her husband, Ken, she married her good friend, Jim Baumgarten. They enjoyed 14 years together before his death in 2011. The same year her son, Doug died. In 2013, she moved to Maine to live with her daughter-in-law, Peg, where she lived until her death.
In addition to Peg, she is survived by three grandchildren: Ken Byrne, RI, Sheila Gardiner (Gary), ME, and Kelly McCormick (Geoff Smith), ME; three great-grandchildren: Aleisha Michaud (Mackenzie), Kristin Blanchard (Josh), and Tyler McCormick (Lindsey); and five great-great-grandchildren: Nikolas, Kalianna, Jaiden Durand and Layla Blanchard and Owen McCormick. One step-daughter: Barbara Baumgarten Eckstein (Bob), MT; two granddaughters: Kristin Walker (Joe), NC, Candace Anderson (Wesley) and two great-grandchildren, Seth and Clara Anderson. Jim’s four stepsons, the O’Reillys: Frank (deceased) (Jenny), Dunnellon, Jimmy (Hilda), Ocala, Dennis (Sandy), Miramar, and Danny (Sandy), Davie, and their families. Faye loved them all.
Faye devoted her life to spreading joy and love, and found a unique way to connect with each life she touched. She would want celebration, love and smiles to be had by all. Some of Faye’s final words were “It is nice to be so loved.”
