Peter Owen Stamats

1929 - 2003  (74 years)

• Name	Peter Owen Stamats
  Born	20 Jul 1929	Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United Statesoc   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Miami Beach, Dade , Florida, United States   [1]
  Died	15 Dec 2003  [2]
  Misc	Jan 2004  [2]
  	five grandchildren
  Obituary	1 Jan 2004  [2]
  	Obituary Peter O. Stamats, chairman of the board at Cedar Rapids, IA-basedStamats Communications Inc., parent company of Stamats Buildings Media Inc., publisher of Buildings magazine and Buildings.com, died Dec. 15,2003, after a courageous battle with cancer. Stamats worked for the firm--started by his father in 1923 for more than 38 years, retiring as company president in December 1996. Born July 20, 1929, in Cedar Rapids, Stamats graduated from Dartmouth College in 1951 and then served three years in the United States before moving to Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for three years. Throughout his life, Stamats held many positions, including a member of the board of directors at Guaranty Bank and Trust Co.; trustee of Mount Mercy College; president and trustee of the Brucemore Historic Site; board member of the Iowa State Arts Council, the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission, and the Linn County Mental Health Association;member of the executive committee for the Friends of Baker Library at Dartmouth College; and member of the Cedar Rapids Country Club. A lifelong patron of the arts, Stamats contributed greatly to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art for more than 45 years, contributing both funds and art works there as well as to the University of Iowa Museum of Art. He served as a director and president of the Cedar Rapids Art Association and then as a trustee and president of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Stamats and his wife, Susan, ran Buzzard's Glory Balloon Co.and could often be seen flying their hot air balloons over the city of Cedar Rapids, as well as in many regional and national competitions.Stamats was a life member of the Balloon Federation of America, a member of the North American Hot Air Balloon Association, and the founding president and director of the National Balloon Museum in Indianola, IA. He is survived by his wife, Susan; two sons, Peter S. Stamats (and wife Karen Lynn Allen) and William S. Stamats (and wife Anne Purdie Stamats); five grandchildren; a sister, Sally Hedges; and many other family members and friends.
  Occupation	President of Stamats Communications  [2]
  Person ID	I63036	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Herbert Spencer Stamats,   b. 10 Oct 1898, New Vienna, Clinton, Ohio, United States ,   d. 12 Feb 1966, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United Statesoc  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Isabel Ross Owen,   b. 30 May 1901, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 30 Jun 1991  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F22755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bette-Barron Smith,   b. 5 Nov 1932,   d. 11 Feb 2009  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Peter Spencer Stamats   2. William Smith Stamats
  Family ID	F22757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jul 1929 - Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United Statesoc  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1751] Census: 1930, United States (Ancestry.com), Year: 1930; Census Place: Miami Beach, Dade, Florida; Roll: 311; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 247.0. [S695] Obituaries: General, Electronic <http://www.allbusiness.com/construction/construction-buildings/738051-1.html> viewed 27 Jan 2011.