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William Baehr Memorial Fund

This fund was established in February 2009 by his son, Collin Baehr.

William Baehr - May 18, 1946 - February 10, 2009

Bill Baehr, 62, of Chapin, S.C. passed away surrounded by his loving family, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Lexington Hospital, shortly after being diagnosed with an untreatable Stage 4 lung cancer. Bill had been diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease (P.A.D.) many years ago and walking had become more and more difficult for him through the years. He was always a supporter of P.A.D. research and had hoped that a cure or prevention would someday be found.

Born May 18, 1946 in Indianapolis, IN, he was the son of the late William Howard and Nannie Mildred Sox Baehr. Bill enjoyed his career as a nuclear engineer for SCE&G at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. His past employees wrote, “Bill commanded a lot of respect for his intellect and the way he treated his staff. He was instrumental in establishing the environmental program at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station and played a significant role in the station’s licensing”.

After his retirement from SCE&G, he returned to his work in the nuclear field to initiate the decommissioning of the CVTR tube reactor in Parr, SC. He earned his baccalaureate degree in Physics from Lenoir-Rhyne College and his master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1972.

Mr. Baehr is survived by his wife, Haidee C. Baehr, his sons, H. Stony Baehr (Chapin) and William Collin Baehr (Florence), and his brother, Norman Baehr (Surrey, England). He was a humble man with a big heart who took care of all those around him. He was a man of many friends, and he considered his friends as his family. He was very dear to many and will be missed by all.

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