William L. Baschnagel

BASCHNAGEL, LUMSDEN, BARBOUR

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 10/1/2012 at 13:10:02

William L. Baschnagel, 79, of Iowa City, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.

The family will greet friends Friday from 11:00am to 1:00pm at Lensing Funeral Service in Iowa City. A memorial service will begin at 1:00 pm at the funeral home. Pastor Mark Pries will officiate.

Instead of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Civil War Presentation Trust (CWPT).

Bill was born August 28, 1933 in Iowa City, the son of Raphael Joseph and Dorothy (Lumsden) Baschnagel. Growing up in Iowa City and graduated from Iowa City High School in 1951.

He served in the US Army as a corporal in Germany during the Korean War. Upon returning from military duty, Bill worked as a bartender at George’s on Market Street, later for Stran Steel Corporation and as also an agent with AAA Insurance.

Bill began a career with the U.S. Postal Service as a clerk. He worked for more than 20 years at the Iowa City Post Office – retiring in 1992. He was an avid civil war historian and enjoyed working in his garden.

Survivors include his children, Bill Baschnagel of Iowa City, Patrick Baschnagel and his wife Heidi of Austin, Texas and their children Eric and Megan and Bridget Barbour and her husband Steven of Knoxville, Tennessee and their children Josh, Audrey, Lydia and Miriam; a brother Steven Baschnagel and his wife Linda of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents.