Was Father of Paul F. Baer, Famous War Aviator Alvin E. Baer, aged 65, father of Paul F. Baer, famous World War flying ace and in whose honor the Fort Wayne Municipal Flying Field has been named, died at 9:30 o’clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Armstrong,
904 Madison Street.
Mr. Baer was a railroad engineer and had been employed at Mobile, Alabama, until recent weeks when he took ill and returned to Fort Wayne to be with his daughter. He formerly was an engineer on the Nickel Plate, but left here a quarter of a century ago. Mr. Baer was a member of
Howard Lodge F&AM at Mobile and of Division No. 140, R of L.E. He formerly was a member of the Masonic Fraternity in this city. Surviving are his daughter; three sons, Alvin W. and Paul F.,
of Los Angeles and Arthur L. of Toronto, Canada; seven grandchildren; one brother, A. W. of Gary; one sister, Mrs. A. M. Lyon of Connelsville, Pennsylvania; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katherine Tackwell of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Bertha Best of Los Angeles, and one half-brother, J. W. Baer of Flint, Michigan.
News-Sentinel
June 28, 1928 Page 25
Was Father of Paul F. Baer, Famous War Aviator Alvin E. Baer, aged 65, father of Paul F. Baer, famous World War flying ace and in whose honor the Fort Wayne Municipal Flying Field has been named, died at 9:30 o’clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Armstrong,
904 Madison Street.
Mr. Baer was a railroad engineer and had been employed at Mobile, Alabama, until recent weeks when he took ill and returned to Fort Wayne to be with his daughter. He formerly was an engineer on the Nickel Plate, but left here a quarter of a century ago. Mr. Baer was a member of
Howard Lodge F&AM at Mobile and of Division No. 140, R of L.E. He formerly was a member of the Masonic Fraternity in this city. Surviving are his daughter; three sons, Alvin W. and Paul F.,
of Los Angeles and Arthur L. of Toronto, Canada; seven grandchildren; one brother, A. W. of Gary; one sister, Mrs. A. M. Lyon of Connelsville, Pennsylvania; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katherine Tackwell of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Bertha Best of Los Angeles, and one half-brother, J. W. Baer of Flint, Michigan.
News-Sentinel
June 28, 1928 Page 25
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