Gary Lee Baumgartner

Gary (Gus) Lee Baumgartner, age 70, of Loveland, passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital Saturday, October 24, 2020. Gus was an auto mechanics instructor in a vocational school for 25 years. He was an active member in River Hills Christian Church. Gus was a high school girls' basketball coach, a girls' high school softball coach at Loveland High School, and a select summer fastpitch softball coach for years. After retiring from coaching, Gus umpired girls' fastpitch softball on the high school and collegiate levels. Best of all, Gus was a loving Papaw. Gus was preceded in death by his parents, Ralston Baumgartner and Bernice Godbey; his sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Chuck Vuotto; and his brother, William Baumgartner. Gus is survived by his wife, Trudy Baumgartner; his children, Nicole (Shon) Lay and Amber (Todd) Fowler; his grandchildren, Josie Fowler, Hadley Fowler, Chase Lay, Dylan Fowler, and Lola Lay; his sisters, Debra (Tom) Condon and Barbara (Jon) McIntosh; his sisters-in-law, Nancy Baumgartner, Greta (Frank) Nelson, and Joy (Michael) Stevens. There will be a visitation at River Hills Christian Church, 6300 Price Road, Loveland, OH 45140 on Friday, October 30, 2020 from 10:00 AM until time of funeral service at 12:00 PM. Burial to follow at Batavia Union Cemetery. If so desired, memorials may be sent to River Hills Christian Church in Gus' name.