Alvina R. Baumann

	Alvina R. Baumann, age 77, of Pinckneyville, died Saturday, April 5, 2003 at 4:35 a.m. in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Skilled Care Unit.
	Alvina was born in Swanwick on July 3, 1925, a daughter of Jacob John and Kathern (Vogel) Schwarz.  She married Frank H. Baumann on October 27, 1951 and he preceded her in death on April 27, 1981.
	She was a homemaker, quilter, gardener, member of Gold Plate and a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville.
	Survivors include six children:  Helen O'Dell of Pinckneyville, Mary Baumann of Pinckneyville, Mabel Stromeyer and husband, Alan, of Percy, Betty Cacioppo and husband, Carl, of Pinckneyville, Susan Place and husband, Ron, of Trenton and son, John of Pinckneyville; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  Her parents, husband, an infant daughter, five brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
	Funeral services were held on Monday, April 7 at 2 p.m. in St. Paul United Church of Christ with Reverend Howard Self officiating.  Interment was in Mueller Hill Cemetery, Pinckneyville.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Sunday from 6 until 9 p.m. and on Monday from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and then at the church from 1 p.m. until services.
	Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Church of Christ or the Gold Plate Program.
