Illinois HR 616: MEMORIAL-ERNIE BAUMANN

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HR0616LRB104 19936 LAW 33386 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ernie 

4Baumann of Maywood, who passed away on December 28, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Ernie Baumann was a tumbling instructor, an 

6entrepreneur, a civil rights activist, an entertainer, and a 

7community builder whose five-decade mission helped shape the 

8lives of tens of thousands of children across Chicago's 

9western suburbs and the West Side through Maywood Fine Arts; 

10and

11 WHEREAS, Ernie Baumann, born on April 9, 1939, was adopted 

12and raised by a family in Western Springs; after graduating 

13from Lyons Township High School, where he was a member of the 

14gymnastics team, he served in the United States Navy; he 

15proceeded to work as a house parent at a Lutheran children's 

16home in Maywood, where he operated a small business, The 

17Newspaper Store, which became a gathering place for commuters 

18and creatives alike; he met his future wife, Lois Baumann, in 

191966, and they married in 1967; and

20 WHEREAS, Ernie and Lois Baumann first worked within the 

21Maywood Recreation Department, where he taught tumbling and 

22she taught dance, coordinating all-day park programming for 

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1neighborhood children; the couple then established the 

2Stairway of the Stars Dance Studio and Mr. Ernie's Flip, Flop 

3and Fly Tumbling School; and

4 WHEREAS, Ernie and Lois Baumann continued to pursue their 

5mission of keeping the arts accessible, affordable, and 

6centered on children by founding the nonprofit Maywood Fine 

7Arts in 1996; they faced a serious setback when Maywood Fine 

8Arts' beloved dance studio, housed in