среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Children's Hospital nurse, music lover

PAUL 'STERNO' BAUMANN 1961-2006

At first glance, Paul "Sterno" Baumann might have seemed less likea deep intellectual ready to roll off a pun about an obscure 19thcentury historical fact and more like a Harley-riding fixture atlocal clubs like the Metro or Fitzgerald's.

He was both . . . and then some.

"The thing about him is he was really into everything -- it wasexhausting," said Benn Greenspan, Mr. Baumann's stepfather. "He'dmake birch bark canoes like Lakeland Native Americans made. He gothis nickname because . . . being so big, he always ended up in thestern of the canoe.

"He'd trek out to the western suburbs to take bagpipe lessons,"added …

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