Sheboygan (WI) Press, Sat, June 5, 1993, pA2
August W. Bahr, 84, died Sat., May 29, 1993, at the VA Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., after a lengthy illness.
August was born Aug. 22, 1908 in Sheboygan, the son of the late Ferdinand and Emma (Gartman) Bahr.
He was a retired union organizer for the United Furniture Workers Union and a Veteran of WWII.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine, Searcy, Ark., one daughter, Miss Joyce Bahr, Sheboygan; one son, Richard (Dorothy), Sheboygan; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; also nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one son [Donald], one daughter, eight brothers [Elmer, Ferdinand, Gordon, Chester, Herbert, Oscar] and four sisters [Lydia, Dora, Estelle].
The body was cremated in Searcy, Ark.
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I don't know much about Augie, but the things I've heard aren't good. He was a radar expert and taught it during World War Two.
He married Ethel Champeau in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on December 3, 1927. He had three children with her, Donald, Jean and Richard. At some point he divorced Ethel and married Catherine.
They bought a farm near Waupun, Wisconsin. He asked Alfred and Mary Sippel for money to buy farm equipment. They couldn't afford it but they gave the money anyway. He then left the equipment out in the rain to rust, and took similar care of the farm in general.
He was a union member of a furniture company, which caused them to move to Memphis, TN. He then heard about cheap land in northern Arkansas and moved to the Searcy area.
He did all of the electrical wiring at the farm himself, which may have contributed to the farm burning in the late 1980s. They escaped in time, but Mary Sippel was suspicious if it was an accident. Augie and Catherine separated soon after.
He was a drinker, a womanizer, and forged checks. He was also fun and could light up a room. He was called a scoundrel and a bastard. Augie was also Post Commander in the American Legion, 6th District, Arkansas, in 1987.
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