Harry Louis Bauer

Harry Louis Bauer, 94, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, August 16, 2007 Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 am, Tuesday, August 21st, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Father Dennis C. Day, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, will be officiating. Harry was born in Chicago, IL on Sept. 7, 1912 and graduated from high school in Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University, receiving his degree in Journalism from the McDill School of Journalism. During this time he boxed in the Chicago area as a semi professional. In his youth he drove cars from Chicago, IL to Portland, OR, he would drive a car and tow another for the dealerships. He also worked in the logging camps, in the Northwest, as a lumberjack. He earned his pilot’s license and flew private planes. On Sept. 19, 1942 he married Dorothy E. Young in Chicago, IL. During WW II he worked as an air traffic controller for the Army Air Corp. After the war he worked in journalism, operating his own branch advertising agency, in the Chicago area, until 1977. After quitting work he lived in the Phoenix, AZ area until 1995 when he moved to Sandpoint, ID. He enjoyed golfing and feeding the geese and the wildlife of the area. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite Bodies, and the Shrine in Chicago. He is survived by his wife, of 64 years, Dorothy Bauer of Sandpoint, ID; 2 sons Brian (and Marion) Bauer of Middleberry, VT; and Steve Bauer of Sandpoint, ID. 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren and was preceded in death by his parents