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Birth:          22 Jul 1924 Philadelphia, Pa.
Death:          9 Dec 2007 Berwyn, Pa.
Cause of Death: chronic obstructve pulmonary disease

Notes
!PUBL
1981 book (see for details)
father's middle name per Dan Baer 
Posted on Mon, Dec. 24, 2007 
William G. Baer II | Bank executive, 83
William G. Baer II, 83, of Berwyn, a retired bank vice president and a World War II 
prisoner of war, died at home Dec. 9 of complications from chronic obstructive 
pulmonary disease.
Mr. Baer graduated from the Haverford School. During World War II, he served as a 
navigator-bombardier on B-24s in Europe and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. 
In the summer of 1944, his plane was shot down over Belgium. He was rescued by the 
Belgian resistance, but captured by the Germans. As the Soviets advanced, the POWs 
were forced to march to a camp in Poland, and half the prisoners died in the harsh 
winter weather, said Mr. Baer's son Daniel.

After his discharge, Mr. Baer earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and 
joined Girard Bank. In the 1960s, his son said, he negotiated the loan for Ed Snider to 
build the Spectrum. In those days, deals were settled with a handshake, his son said, 
and when banking became cutthroat in the early 1980s, Mr. Baer retired.

He and Helen Bettle married in 1949 and had four children. She died in 1981.

In 1984, Mr. Baer married Gay Windisch. They enjoyed traveling, fishing, sailing, and 
spending time with their families.

In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Baer is survived by another son, William G. III; 
daughters Anne Clark and Letitia Dalton; stepchildren William Sherrerd, Katie 
Sherrerd-Smith and Lisa Barker; and 13 grandchildren.

Services were private.
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Parents
BAER Benjamin Franklin ()
STEPHENS Marie Beatrice ()

Siblings
BAER William Goodell (22 Jul 1924 - 9 Dec 2007)

Marriage To BETTLE Helen Griscom (23 Jul 1928 - Nov 1981)
    m. 23 Jul 1949 Wynnewood, Pa.

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Parents
BETTLE Griscom (19 Feb 1890 - Jul 1976)
BALL Dorothy Gill (7 Mar 1890 - 22 Apr 1949)

Children by BETTLE Helen Griscom 23 Jul 1928 - Nov 1981
BAER Anne Stephens ()
BAER William Goodell ()
BAER Letitia Rogers ("Tish") ()
BAER Daniel Bettle ()

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