Ernie Baumann, Maywood Arts Champion, Dies at 87

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Alongside his wife, Lois, Baumann built Maywood Fine Arts into the premier cultural and arts education nonprofit for Greater West Side youth.

By Mike Romain | Our Culture

Ernie and Lois in front of the state-of-the-art Maywood dance studio that was completed in 2016, six years after a fire destroyed the studio’s original home inside the former Maywood Opera House located on 5th St. | MAYWOOD FINE ARTS/FACEBOOK

Ernie Baumann, a tumbling instructor, entrepreneur, and community builder whose five-decade mission helped shape the lives of tens of thousands of children across Chicago’s western suburbs and the West Side through Maywood Fine Arts, died on Dec. 28. He was 87….. Click here to read the full story