Ervin Bauman

Ervin E. Barney Bauman was born July 21, 1926 at Blue Earth, MN to Walter and Alice (Glaesman) Bauman. He was married to Donna Bea Bales of Huntley on September 16, 1950 at the Huntley Baptist Church.Barney graduated from Blue Earth High School and the Veterans Farm School. In high school he played football on the North-South All Star football team. He also played baseball for the Blue Earth town baseball team. He loved horses and enjoyed refurbishing antique tractors.Barney was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church of rural Blue Earth and was the cemetery sexton and treasurer of the Immanuel United Methodist Cemetery Permanent Care Fund. He served as the Blue Earth Township Treasurer and the Blue Earth Township Assessor, as well as the chairman of the Faribault County Planning Commission. He was also a member of the Faribault County Historical Society. Barney also served in the U.S. Navy.Survivors include his wife, Donna Bea, 2 daughters: Julie (& husband Bob Goodrie) of Battle Lake, and Karla (& husband Bruce) Brenckman of Maple Grove; one son, Kurt Bauman of Blue Earth, 3 grandchildren: Katie (& Ryan) Hughes, Nicholas and Alex Brenckman; one great-grandson, Mason Hughes, one sister, Marjorie Hill, one sister-in-law, JoAnne Bauman, several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Harold and his brother-in-law, Bob Hill.