- Date Of Death: July 13, 2019
- State: Idaho
Dean Baumann, 91, of Boise died Saturday July 13, 2019, at Plantation Place Assisted Living Facility.
Dean was born July 14, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Adolph and Delena Baumann. Dean attended and graduated from Shoshone High School in 1945, earning valedictorian honors. Dean was one of the last two men drafted from Lincoln County in 1945 to enter World War 2 at its closing. He was temporarily stationed in Korea.
On May 28, 1950, Dean married Lucile “Lucy” Sabala. They were blessed with three children, and they enjoyed, thrived and happily lived for over 50 years of marriage.
Dean worked for the Idaho transportation department for 37 years as a planner and programmer.
Dean was an outstanding athlete starting on the varsity basketball team as a freshman point guard, the quarterback of the football team and an all around baseball player. He taught his boys everything and coached them throughout their growing years. Dean was a jack of all trades and could do anything from electrical, plumbing, painting, woodworking, car maintenance, etc. As a kid and father, Dean could be on a dead sprint with gun at his side, son(s) behind him, jump a fence and shoot a pheasant in a blink. Further, Dad spent countless hours with his father, brothers and sons fishing throughout the Magic Valley, especially at Magic Reservoir.
