Justen Leroy Baumgarden, age 27, passed away at his home in Cassville, Missouri Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Justen Baumgarden Memorial Fund, and can be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Justen loved boating, fishing, gardening, and helping others.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Dorothy Baumgarden, and grandparents, Denny and Elizabeth Smith.

Among survivors include his father, Kenneth L. Baumgarden and wife, Julie of Deepwater, Missouri, and mother, Robin D. Coonrod of Cassville, Missouri, two brothers, Jessie and Kenneth Wade, both of Deepwater, Missouri, grandfather, Bufford Baumgarden of Deepwater, Missouri, and good friend, Tonya Dupuis of Cassville, Missouri.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.