David Donald Baals

David Donald Baals, age 82, passed peacefully into the arms of his Savior on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born in Fort Wayne on March 11, 1938 to the late Jack and Elfrieda (Wambsganss) Baals. He graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School in 1956 and received his Bachelors Degree in Education at Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois in 1960. He married Beverly Stallmann on July 8, 1961 in Aurora, Illinois. After a 2-year stint as an elementary school teacher at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Aurora, he returned to Fort Wayne where he worked at Lincoln National Life Insurance Company as Assistant Vice President of Disability Income Underwriting until his retirement in 1998. He was a member of Emmaus Lutheran Church, active in handbell choir, Bible class and various board positions. He loved playing the piano and had an extensive music and marble collection. He passed that love of music on to his three grandsons who all now play the piano after listening to their grandfather for so many years. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Beverly, of Fort Wayne, sister Sara (Steve) Hewes of Fort Wayne, son Grey (Patti) of Angola, Indiana, daughter Kim (Darren Kall) of Oakwood, Ohio and grandsons Drew, Logan, and Alex. Visitation will be at D.O. McComb and Sons on Covington Road at 9:00 a.m. on December 5, 2020 with a funeral service at Emmaus Lutheran Church at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be immediately following at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials can be sent to Emmaus Lutheran Church or to Lutheran Life Villages on South Anthony Boulevard in Fort Wayne.