Click here to send an electronic condolence message to the Family 

Obituaries

 

In Loving Memory of

Delania Baumann

Service Details

 Monday, July 8, 2013 at 4 pm
Goddard United Methodist Church
Ft. Smith, Arkansas

 


Obituary

Delania Wynn Baumann was born on October 21, 1954 to Wayne and Faye Allen in Amarillo, TX. She was their second child. Growing up, Delania developed a passion for life, taking every opportunity to serve the Lord and others around her. On July 27, 1974, she married Daniel Baumann of Perryton, TX. Dan and Delania have four children: Kirk Baumann, Whitney Moore, Jordan Baumann, and Karissa Crowder. She and Dan have one grandchild, Bronson Moore. Delania was a life-long student. She continued her education, beginning with her Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University and then her Master’s degree in Behavioral Studies with an emphasis in Home Economics from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and finally earning her vocational certification from University of Central Oklahoma. Her credentials and passion for helping people helped her land her first teaching job at Northeastern State University that sparked a 20+ year career in education, serving as a teacher at Howe Public Schools and Roland Public Schools. In 1989 with the birth of her fourth child, Karissa, she took a break from teaching and founded one of the state’s largest childcare facilities serving hundreds of families and impacting thousands of children during its operation from 1989 to 2001. Delania had quite the entrepreneurial spirit, but her passion was teaching. She returned to Roland Public Schools in 1994 and continued to teach Home Economics, now called Family & Consumer Sciences, as well as Food & Nutrition, Marriage/Parenting, Career Orientation, Adult & Family Living, Housing and Psychology. Delania also helped establish Roland’s job shadowing program through which many students have found job placement. She was a teacher who went above and beyond teaching her subject matter; she fed, clothed, counseled, and mothered a lot of kids with varying needs. In the words of a colleague and friend, she was a REAL teacher - one who did MORE than just put in her time in order to go home, one who really saw each student as a person of worth and one who truly cared about those who came through her door each hour. Delania was a planner. In fact, one of her favorite sayings was "if you fail to plan, plan to fail." This advice continues to resonate with her children, students and friends. Delania was a lover of Coca-Cola. Classic. Not Diet, not Coke Zero. When a server informed her that the restaurant served Pepsi products, she always said, "I’ll have water." She was a lover of QVC. Anyone could tell you that she found the best deals and was not just a customer, but a valued customer. Dan and the kids could tell you that there was hardly a week that went by without a little brown package from QVC at the doorstep when they came home. Delania had a great sense of humor. She was always laughing about something in life and that lighthearted spirit was contagious among her family, friends, colleagues and students. Whether it was her Texas-sized accent or just her sunny disposition, people were always laughing with Delania. Delania was preceded in death by her parents, Wayne and Faye Allen of Shamrock, TX. She is survived by her husband Dan, of the home, her four children Kirk Baumann and wife Jamie of Springfield, MO, Whitney Moore and husband Shawn of Reydon, OK, Jordan Baumann of Sallisaw, OK, and Karissa Crowder and husband Branden of Gans, OK. They have one grandchild, Bronson Moore of Reydon, OK. Delania is also survived by her siblings Debra Allen of Amarillo, TX, Donna Allen of Oklahoma City, OK, David Allen of Houston, TX and Doug Allen of Amarillo, TX, and a host of extended family members. Delania Baumann was a wife, mother, Nana to Bronson, friend to all she met, eternal optimist and devout Christian.

  

........ Powered by SitesAreUs.com