{"id":13754,"date":"2022-10-23T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T18:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/?p=13754"},"modified":"2022-10-25T12:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:23:36","slug":"william-joseph-baumler-wild-bill-ossian-iowa-october-23-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/2022\/10\/william-joseph-baumler-wild-bill-ossian-iowa-october-23-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"William Joseph Baumler \u201cWild Bill\u201d, Ossian, Iowa, October 23, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"William Joseph Baumler \u201cWild Bill\u201d, 83, of Ossian, Iowa died Sunday, October 23, 2022 at Aase Haugen Homes in Decorah, Iowa. William \u201cBilly\u201d was born on April 6, 1939 in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Theresa A. (Franzen) Baumler and Raymond H. Baumler. Billy was baptized and confirmed at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa and attended the parish school where he graduated from the 8th<\/sup> grade Class of 1958. \u00a0Billy married Shirley Ann Miller on May 5, 1962 in St. Lucas, IA. To this union, four children were born. The couple later divorced in 1977.<\/p>\n

Billy worked several jobs over the years.\u00a0 Billy operated a milk truck route for the St. Lucas Creamery and also drove truck for Franzen Implement in West Union, IA. \u00a0For several years then after, Billy worked on the Duane and Shirley Bushman farm.\u00a0 From there, he worked at Egeland Tiling until his retirement in 2009.<\/p>\n

Billy loved to hunt and fish and enjoyed many trips up North fishing with family and friends.\u00a0 He looked forward to deer camp each year where stories and laughter were sure to be had.\u00a0 He was an avid card player and could play for hours.\u00a0 For several years, he enjoyed bowling in a Men\u2019s League in West Union, IA.\u00a0 His greatest joy was spending time with his children and their families.\u00a0 Billy liked to socialize as he could always get you to laugh and smile as he could be quite the entertainer.\u00a0 If Billy wasn\u2019t having a good time, no one was.\u00a0 He was a friend to many, and will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n

Billy is survived by three of his children, Lisa (Douglas) Nelson of West Union, Iowa, Dean (Kristie) Baumler of Ossian, Iowa and Brian (Karla) Baumler of Ossian, Iowa; his grandchildren, Joshua (Karen) Baumler, Melissa Zweibohmer (Jerry Moldenhauer), Justice Nelson, Dustin (Liz) Baumler, Evan (Adrianna) Baumler, Tanner (Ericka) Baumler, Derek (Desiree Grotegut) Baumler, Tiffany (Jessie Bennington) Baumler, Logan Baumler and Jordan Baumler; great-grandchildren, Michael Baumler, Hailey Baumler, Raelynn Baumler, Conner Baumler, Jaden Baumler, Harper Baumler, Willow Baumler and Blakely Baumler; his siblings, Dale Baumler of Anamosa, Iowa, Dennis (Pat) Baumler of St. Lucas, Iowa, Darlene Oberding of Dyersville, Iowa, Irene (Don) Lynch of New Hampton, Iowa; Daniel Baumler of St. Lucas, Iowa, Glen \u201cHopper\u201d Baumler of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, Jay (Renee) Baumler of Irvine, California, Leon (Gail) Baumler of St. Lucas, Iowa, Ann (Dean) Schaufenbuel of St. Lucas, Iowa, John (Anjie) Baumler of Buckner, Missouri and Terry (Carl) Schmitt of Fort Atkinson, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n

Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Theresa and Raymond Baumler; his son, Joseph William Baumler; sister, Nancy Havel; two brothers-in-law, Joseph Schirmer and Gene Oberding; and his sister-in-law, Mick Baumler.<\/p>\n

Visitation will be held from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa. There will also be a one-hour visitation before mass time at the church on Friday.<\/p>\n

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Friday, October 28, 2022 at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa with Rev. Nick Radloff as the celebrant.<\/p>\n

Burial will follow at St. Luke Catholic Cemetery in St. Lucas, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Schmitz-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

William Joseph Baumler \u201cWild Bill\u201d, 83, of Ossian, Iowa died Sunday, October 23, 2022 at Aase Haugen Homes in Decorah, Iowa. William \u201cBilly\u201d was born on April 6, 1939 in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Theresa A. (Franzen) Baumler and Raymond H. Baumler. Billy was baptized and confirmed at St. Luke Catholic Church in St. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-13754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-baumler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13779,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13754\/revisions\/13779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}