David James Bauer, 62, of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of the Neosho Falls area, died Monday, October 15, 2012, at his home. David was born August 22, 1950, at Colony, Kansas, the son of Andy James and Virginia (Long) Bauer. He attended grade school in Neosho Falls, Kansas, and graduated from Yates Center High School. He attended Kansas University majoring in Classical Archaeology. He has worked at the KU Library and Warren McElwain Funeral Home in Lawrence, KS, taught history at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, worked at Jaccard's Crown Center Jewelry Store, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Helen Spencer Library Assistant in Reference in Kansas City, taught English to Middle School students in Kurashiki, Japan, taught Japanese at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, worked at the UMKC Bookstore and was currently working for UMKC Miller Nichols Interlibrary Loan. SURVIVORS: 1 Sister: Marilyn Bauer Butler, husband Scott, Offerle, KS Cousins: Linda Long Birk, Burlington, KS and Maleta Long Brockus, Olathe, KS Half-Brother: Rex Bauer, wife Betty of Ottawa, KS Other nieces and nephews He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents, Elmer and Kate Long, Ernest "Popsie" and Jacoba Laymon. MEMORIAL SERVICE: 10:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, on the UMKC Campus, Miller Nichols Library, Room 303. MEMORIAL: In care of Bonnie Postlethwaite, UMKC, 215 Miller Nichols Library, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499. Memorials will be for Japanese books, Japanese art books, and Philosophy books. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, assisted the family. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com.