Baxter Dunbar, age 84, of Kansas City, MO and Rincon, Puerto Rico, died peacefully October 1, 2016 surrounded by family after enjoying what he believed made life worth living – watching Mizzou football, celebrating Oktoberfest, and going to the fitness center – all with the love of his life, his "princess" of 50 years by his side, Gisela Dunbar. Born to two graduates of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Margaret and Irwin Dunbar (an architect) on August 24, 1932 in Kirksville, Missouri, Baxter was their only son and the youngest of their three children. Baxter had two older sisters Jean Arndt (San Luis Opisbo, CA age 93) and Ann Ewing Tracy (deceased). He graduated from Moline High School in Moline, Illinois where he became an Eagle Scout. Throughout life, he enjoyed the outdoors and working up a good sweat with his hands on various inventive projects. Like his folks, Baxter also graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He earned a degree in English in 1954 after spending semesters in Mexico City, Mexico and in Heidelberg, Germany. During college, he joined Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was active in ROTC. Later, he served as a Lieutenant in the Army stationed in Erlangen, Germany. Baxter was always a self-starter and his own man; he built the first car wash in Germany and sold automobiles to military personnel in Germany and Spain. He met his wife, Gisela, and began his family after their marriage at the Rock of Gibraltar. Baxter and Gisela moved to Kansas City in 1967. Within five years, he was the father of three girls, Tanja, Katja and Natasha. To make a living, his inventions and creative ideas took a back seat while he excelled in the insurance business. He worked for Liberty Mutual and then Allstate becoming a top salesman. After this achievement, he took his bonus and opened the Baxter Dunbar Insurance Agency in 1976 and a companion business, 24-hour Insurance, followed. To build his businesses, he often worked six days a week but always made time for family vacations and excursions that provided an amazing education for his daughters as they traveled to each part of the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico, in the family GMC motor home (that looked exactly like the one in the movie STRIPES). As he neared retirement age, he gave up office life. However, his entrepreneurial spirit kept him going from home as he authored the book Insurance Commander: How to Sell Property and Casualty Business Insurance and as a distributor for Quick-Pen reading pens. As a father, he instilled a sense of wanderlust, and always encouraged his children and grandchildren to remain humble, to dream, and live with courage to make things happen in life teaching "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!" He is survived by his sister, Jean Arndt, who also lost her husband Jim Arndt of 66 years on the very same day of Baxter's death. Other survivors include: daughters, Tanja (Dave) Heinen, Katja (Eric) Loeffelholz, Natasha (Tye) Derrington; five granddaughters, (Myisha Heinen, Gabriella Peralta, Francesca Peralta, Dominique Loeffelholz and Mirabelle Heinen); niece, Patty (John) Egart; nephews, Bobby (Lori) Ewing, Mike (Debbie) Ewing and Chris (Katie) Arndt. Survivors in Germany include: sister-in-law, Ingeborg Chadwell; brother-in-law, Gerhardt Drenkard and their extended families. A celebration of life will be held Friday, October 7 from 4:30 to 7 pm at his daughter Katja's home in Kansas City. For details, friends may contact daughter Tanja via text or call at 913-403-8280.