LaMoyne Dale Baer

Visitation will be on Monday, November 23, 2026, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Ankeny Funeral Home, 1510 West 1st Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023. Interment will be on Tuesday, November 24, 2026, at 11:00 am at the Iowa Veteran’s Cemetery 34024 Veterans Memorial Dr, Adel, IA 50003 with U.S. Army Honors.

LaMoyne was born to the late Martin and Lorena (Meyer) Baer on May 17, 1929, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was married to the late Halaine Remboldt Baer whom he married on July 20, 1954, in Gackle, North Dakota. LaMoyne graduated from Gackle High School in 1947 and from North Dakota State University in 1954. LaMoyne worked for the US Department of Agriculture in New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Des Moines, Iowa, where he retired in 1988 with 36 years of government service. After residing in Ankeny, Iowa for 45 years they relocated to Brandon, Mississippi in 2012.

LaMoyne joined the US Army on July 18, 1951, during his senior year of college. He received his basic infantry training at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. In January of 1951 LaMoyne boarded the USS General Meigs in California and arrived 14 days later in Yokohama, Japan. In April he left Japan and arrived in Pusan, South Korea where he reported to 987th Armored Field Artillery. He served as a forward observer on the front line with the 987th Armored Field Artillery, and Capitol ROK Division. He also served with the 555th Field Artillery which was with the 5th Regimental Combat Team on the eastern front. Battles in which he served as a forward observer included Sandbag Castle, Capitol Hill and Punch Bowl. He was a proud Korean War Veteran and often repeated the phase “Remember Freedom is not Free.”

LaMoyne was also an avid hunter. He enjoyed hunting small and large game and was able to travel to the Yukon where he bagged a dall sheep. He also traveled to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska where he hunted a large bull moose and grizzly bear. Other big game trophies include a cougar, black bear, and a mountain goat.

LaMoyne was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Halaine Remboldt Baer; son- in- law James Connor; and grandson, James Connor, Jr. He is survived by his six children Sandra Connor, Crestview, Florida; Ronald Baer (Dianne) Brandon, Mississippi; Kathy Cook (Steven) Bellevue, Michigan; Sharon Mathewson (Scott) Niceville, Florida; Thomas Baer (Joel) Montz, Louisiana; Robert Baer (Tina) Concordia, Missouri; sister LaVonne Niccum (Darold) Amery, Wisconsin; sister- in- law, Cynara Stadsvold, Corvallis, Oregon; grandchildren Sarah Solomon (Joshua), Brian Baer (Laine), Brett Baer (Lauren), Zachary Corsbie (Samantha), Alyssa Corsbie (Steve Nieves), Ryan Mathewson, Ashlee Dunham (Ted), Caroline Baer, Maisy Miller (Grant), Remy, Jacob, Caleb and Joshua Baer; great grandchildren Lily and Josie Solomon, Emery and Mila Corsbie, Daniel and Blanca Nieves, Britton and Leighton Baer and Camille, Teddy and Clara Dunham.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the WoundedWarriorsProject.org; Nativity Lutheran Church, 495 Crossgates Blvd., Brandon, MS 39042, Tunnel to Towers Foundation (T2T.org) or a charity of your choice.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be left at www.ankenyfuneralhome.com for the Baer family.