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Deisler Funeral Home posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Eulogy
Hello, I am Eric Baumstark, Jeanine's youngest son. On behalf of my mother and the entire
Baumstark family I thank you all for taking the time out of your busy lives and in so many cases traveling long distances, to celebrate the life of Jeanine Baumstark.
She had a huge air of welcome around her. If you were about to see Jeanine Baumstark you were on your way to a good time, a party most likely, and people need folks like that, especially when the dark times come. Hers wasn't a life of overt, flashy acts. Instead she influenced those she loved more subtly than I think any of us appreciated.
In other ways she wasn't subtle at all. Jeanine marched into a room with her customary lack of ceremony and let you in on her unvarnished truth. Her nephew Bart Baumstark correctly stated, "You always knew where you stood with Aunt Jeanine." Her sister Edith Creter added, "Gatherings were always ho-hum until she showed up. We could always count on her to bring the fireworks." Other relatives said, "Her shadow and her sunshine were equally powerful - a true character, a true person." "Jeanine was the voice of savage brutal honestly. I used to look forward to holiday visits from the Baumstarks. I always knew they would bring the ruckus."
Indeed, Jeanine brought the ruckus. She smoked cigars. She disco danced with abandon and partied like there was no tomorrow. In fact, to visit her was a party! If there wasn't one, she would create it. She provided an irreverent, bacchian, outrageous atmosphere both in her household and in a general radius around her.
She loved ribbon candy, Tiger Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar, chocolate, Royal Canadian Whiskey… and Tom Selleck when he was still Magnum.
This woman traveled. And when I say traveled I'm talking Egypt, Israel, China, Greece, Spain, England, Ireland, Italy, France, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, etc., etc. It's almost quicker to list the countries she didn't get to, and she left in her children the same desire to see and understand the world.
My mother loved children. She toughed it out through five miscarriages and told me that the lesson she took away was that my life was her gift. But she could slap down a child's inflated ego as well. When I was growing up, she would point to my dad and say, "See him? He's the only one indispensable around here. You? I'll kill you and make another one just like ya."
I recall fondly one evening, I was with her when she got word that her only daughter, my sister Jennifer, was in labor. A hundred miles separated them. In the middle of the night. In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, she sprang out of her chair shouting, "It's happening!" then limped about in three tight concentric circles, rushed to her car and was gone to the night.
Her grandson, Sean Patrick Murphy, was the apple of her eye.
In the last three years every conversation we had she would ask in minute detail about the two small children so dear to me - Oliver Chadwick and Lincoln Benton.
She had wit at will. She had humor that, when she pleased, was delightful. Not much for social conventions, Jeanine made her own rules, remembered things her way, and was impossible to measure by any standards other than her own. She gave us the only unique gift anyone can give, their honest self.
People born round don't die square. She faced her final days with the same independence and stubbornness she exhibited throughout her life. I don't want to dwell on the end of her life because it's still too hard, but I will say this; when death pushed her up against the wall she refused the blindfold.
Jeanine particularly admired a quote by Hunter S. Thompson,
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow.'"
Well mom … WOW!
She colored outside of the lines.
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Lyn Bausmmark posted a condolence
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Auntie Jeanine! Where to start?! You taught me much about feeding babies, (stuffing Bart's 6 week old cheeks with mashed potatoes), making the best chocolate cake ( canned Pillsbury frosting), knowing the best toys for our tots ( that tunnel, the wonderful castle, the choo choo). You withstood Bart and Dan in that epic car trek from MA to MI ( " those kids pissed and puked their way through 5 states...") Your sense of style( the aqua TUTS t-shirt you wore with such panache when greeting our attorney) was unparalleled.
Your utter frankness was refreshing. I always knew that if I ever needed you, you would be there in an instant. My mom really loved you. And she could be pretty persnickety at times.
Thank you for all the love and laughter. You will be missed, but I know this is not good-bye, just a see you later, big sister!
Lyn Baumstark
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Goeckel & Weidner posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Such a special and precious lady, who was always there for others in their times of need! She will be greatly missed in this day and age. God Speed! Drs Goeckel & Weidner
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Deisler Funeral Home posted a condolence
Saturday, December 8, 2018
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shirley drenzek posted a condolence
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Jeanine
I don't know where to start. You know we four sisters always loved each other in
spite of our differences. Being the oldest and you six years younger you were
thorn in my side---always running to our parents to tell something I should not
have been doing. But our love was always stronger than our differences. Will
love and miss you so much and forever. Now we are only three.
Shirley
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Tim Creter posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
My Aunt Jeanine was lively, spirited, assertive, and dynamic. Her shadow and her sunshine were equally powerful- a true character, a true person. She also always let me know how much she loved me. I have and will always love her spirit and her soul forever.
My heart and my compassion is with her family and mine.
Love,
Tim Creter
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Edith Creter posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Dearest Jeanine,
We've had so many good times and so many fights! Gatherings were always ho-hum until you showed up! We could always count on you to add the fireworks.
Your love was so complete. I know I felt it. I know our whole family felt it. We will fondly remember all the wonderful times our families spent together when we were all so young and all still full of "piss and vinegar," as Daddy would often say.
Rest in gentle peace, Jeanine, dear sister. You are safely in mommy's arms now and that is how I will think of you. xxoo Edie
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Georgianna Childs posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Jeanine, my beautiful, feisty sister. I have so many memories of you I don't know where to start. I will say you proved you could tie a good knot when you tied me to our neighbors porch railing! Even though you were a little rough I grew to realize that you did love me. As sisters and friends we have laughed together and we have cried together. I am now crying over losing you. You are now flying with the angels and will always watch over us. Rest in comfort and in peace. You will live forever in my heart.
I will love you always,
Georgi
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Bart Baumstark posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Condolences to Uncle Rennie, Jenny, Jimmy and Eric. Although we had not seen her since Luke's wedding here in STL, loved her very, very much. Great memories of your visits to Massachusetts when we were young and of course the famous trip from North Andover to Saginaw in the powder blue Lincoln. A unique and loving character. Always knew where you standed with Aunt Jeanine! See you all next week for the services.
Bart Baumstark
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Jeffrey Creter posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Back in the early 1980's in Sudbury, MA, when I was an adolescent, I used to look forward to holiday visits from The Baumstarks. I always knew they'd bring the ruckus! Jennifer was a comforting presence much needed; Eric and Jimmy were hilarious; Uncle Rennie and Aunt Jeanine were the voices of savage, brutal honesty, and I loved all of it.
One Thanksgiving when Tim was quite young, he and I played a very physical game of Dungeons and Dragons with Eric and Jimmy. At one point during the skirmish, Jimmy picked Tim up and ran down the hallway, using my brother's small body as a medieval shield. Eric fired plastic arrows into him from a toy bow. While Jimmy tried get to Eric with his plastic battle axe, Jim hurled baby Tim through the hallway air where Tim's head and neck slammed into the ceiling and Tim took an eight foot fall to hit the floor, hard! Tim repeatedly screamed and cried; Jimmy hit Eric in the head, breaking the battle axe; and I was thrown face first into the wall.
My mom over-reacted because Tim really seemed to be hurt, and only our Auntie Jeanine provided what I felt were the right words for the situation: "EVERYBODY SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP! Edie, you knock it off, too. Tim will be fine. That's what boys do."
Situation neutralized.
Auntie Jeanine always brought a smile to my face; she still does, and she will be missed.
Love,
Jeff
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