Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
March 7, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Memorial services for Ella Gladys Baumfalk, 91, of Littleton, Colorado who departed this life on February 16, 2001 to her heavenly home were held in the Camino Del Son Chapel in Sun City West, Arizona on February 22. Her final resting place is at Chapel Hills Memorial Cemetery in Littleton, Colorado.

Ella was born July 8, 1909 to Cora and Edwin Foster in Max, Nebraska.

She married Francis M. Baumfalk on May 4, 1932. They raised four children on a farm in Stratton, Nebraska. Ella was involved in a P.F. Women's Study Club, all of her children's school functions and was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Ella and Francis moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1966 where they became members of the Columbine United Church.

At the time of her passing they were visiting their daughter and her husband in Sun City West, Arizona.

She was a strong Christian woman and will be remembered for her kind, compassionate heart, her love for God and her family and her gentle loving spirit to all who knew her.

Survivors include her husband, Francis Baumfalk of the home; three daughters: Delores Utter and her husband, Ross of Nowata; Darlene Mathews and her husband, Willie of Sun City West, Arizona; Carol Newmann and her husband, Bill of Bailey, Coloarado in the summer and Ft. Pierce, Florida in the winter; one son Dennis Baumfalk and wife, Kathy of Arvada, Colorado; six grandchildren: Julie, Kelly, Greg, Brian, Cathy and Christy; 11 great-grandchildren and one brother, Cldye Foster of Caldwell, California.

Two grandsons, Steven Utter and Mitchell Neumann preceded her in death.