Kerry Alan Baer

May 14, 1947 - August 24, 2026

Kerry Alan Baer was born in Portland Oregon to Robert Douglas Baer and Janet Hinkley Baer. He died in El Dorado Hills, California.

Kerry married Susan Baer (deceased) and has three adult children by that marriage, Michael (1980), Mardi (1976) and Malea (1974).

Kerry served in the US Army in Viet Nam, and was honorably discharged in 1972. He completed the requirements and became a CPA registered in Oregon and Washington. He worked for large accounting firms for many years before moving to the private sector. He retired from accounting in 2003.

Always the athlete, Kerry played baseball from a very young age. In high school, he received accolades as an exceptional Third Base player. In 1965 he played on the Winning World Series Connie Mac Division Team of the American Amateur Baseball Congress, where he was voted the “Best Short Stop of the Tournament.” Kerry went on to play baseball in a fun league in Long Beach, Washington.

Kerry’s other main sport was golf at which he also was highly accomplished. He had many Holes in One during his golf career at many and varied golf courses. Before he retired from golf due to illness he consistently scored under par for 18 holes. He had 9 birdies in a single round, and his handicap was once +2. Kerry was a Club Champion at Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, Washington, where he was a member for many years. He especially loved tournament golf -and winning- which he did very often.

Kerry married Nancy J. Plasse Baer in 2003 after an 11 year courtship. They renovated a home on the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington and did substantial upgrades to homes in Lincoln and El Dorado Hills, California and two homes in Arizona.

Kerry died after a long debilitating pulmonary illness. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Baer, his step-daughter Jennifer Plasse, of Sacramento, California; his three children Michael, (Kristin) of Placerville, California, Mardi (Brian) of Sacramento, California, Malea; two brothers Darel (Christy) Baer of San Rafael, California, Michael (Carol) Baer of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, two step-brothers, Jim (Jan) Sadler of Orangevale, California, Steve (Jan) Sadler and many grand and great grandchildren.

An Honor Service will be held at Mt. Vernon Funeral home in Sacramento. Donations may be made in Kerry’s name to the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation https://ipffoundation.org