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Aime Anthony Baptiste

May 21, 2015
Kalamazoo, MI

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Baptiste, Aime Anthony 12/9/1929 - 5/21/2015 Kalamazoo, Michigan Aime Anthony Baptiste, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, age 85, Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away on Thursday May 21st, 2015, after a brief illness. Born on Dec.9th, 1929 to Aime,Sr and Katherine (Duncan) Baptiste in Butler, Pennsylvania. Completed high school in Butler. He was married to Shirley A. McCormick on June 24th,1949, who preceded him in death. In 1990 he was married to Sandra Stampfler. Aime loved playing baseball and coaching little league baseball when his sons were participating. Aime was also a member of the Butler IOOF, the First United Methodist Church choir and MTG of Butler. Aime was well known in Butler for his various roles in musical theater productions, including South Pacific and Anything Goes. He also performed in Anything Goes at the Kalamazoo Civic Theater after moving to Kalamazoo in 1974. Aime worked for many years on the B&O railroad in Butler, PA. He then went to work for Penn Corporation as a traffic manager, which allowed him to transfer to Beach Products in Kalamazoo where he worked until his retirement in 1997. Aime loved dancing with his wife, gardening, spoiling his dog Beau, seeing his grandkids, cooking and going to spend Thanksgiving in Indianapolis with his family every year. He was preceded in death by his first wife Shirley Baptiste, his parents, brothers, Eugene, Max, Raymond(Spitz),Leonard and sisters Pauline Souzer and Delphine Chambers. He is survived by his 8 children, Randy (Joni) of Amesbury, MA, Gary (Peggy) of Butler, PA, Cheryl (Duane Brundage) of Indianapolis,IN, Kevin (Susie) of Columbia,VA, Jeff (Tammy) of Allegan, Brynn (Kathy) of Otsego, Douglas (Lisa) of Richland and Aimee (Mark Malott) of Noblesville, IN. Stepchildren, Sandy Kay Stampfler of Largo,FL, Dale Hageman of Kalamazoo, Kelly Scott of Kalamazoo, Kim Woodard (Jim) of Kalamazoo, and John Stampfler (Mardie) of Kalamazoo. He has 30 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild, numerous nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters-in-law. He always said his greatest accomplishment was his family. Also survived by lifelong best friends Tom Della Santa of Butler, PA and Larry Whipple of Kalamazoo. There will be a celebration of life on Saturday May 30th at 2pm at the VFW 1920 East Kilgore Rd, Portage, MI In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to The Cleveland Clinic, c/o Dr. Brian Rubin, Mail Code L25, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 for EHE research in honor of his oldest son Randy who is fighting this dreaded disease! Online condolences may be offered at WhitleyMemorialFuneralhome.com Arrangements by Whitley Memorial Funeral Home.