Garth Duncan Bayer
Marriages
Mildred Jarrett - September 20, 1953
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 8 - September 5, 1957
Garth D. Bayer was born in Red Cliff March 9, 1926 to Howard and Ethel Bayer and died in Lancaster, Calif August 9, 1957.
He grew to manhood in Minturn, where he attended grade and high school and was a member of Boy Scout troop 30, working fro mCub Scout to Life Scout. At the time, he left Minturn for the Navy during World War II, Mr. Baer was assistant scoutmaster at Minturn.
He served with the Navy from Pearl Harbor until the war's close, earning the Victory medal Asiatic-Pacific campaign medal and Philippine Liberation campaign ribbon. After his honorable discharge from the Navy, Mr Bayer returned to finish his high school work at Red Cliff Union High, later attending and graduating from Western Radio Institute.
For the past 6 years, he has been associatd with North American and Northrup Aviation in California.
On September 20, 1953 he was married to Mildred Jarrett and they made their home in Lancaster, Calif.
Mr. Bayer was a member of the First Presbyterian church at Minturn and Post 8309 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Funeral services were held at Munaw Funeral Home in Lancaster August 14. His ashes were returned to Minturn for burial in the family plot in Riverview cemetery where graveside services conducted by VFW Post 8309 and Farnum Mortuary were held August 31.
Surviving are his son, Garth Richard; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bayer; his sister, Mary Frances Baldo of Grants, N.M.; and brother Ralph of Pomona, Calif.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 15, 1957
Garth Bayer, Wife Die in Double Shooting
