Oliver Clayton Brumm 1892-1965

BRUMM, THOMAS, LETT, BAILEY

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Date: 1/21/2019 at 07:27:08

The Burlington Hawk-Eye

Mediapolis (IA) -- Mr. Clayton Brumm, 73, Mediapolis, died Saturday at Burlington hospital after an extended illness. He was born February 7, 1892, near Kingston, the son of William and Helena Thomas Brumm. On February 4, 1915, he married Bertha Lett, who died August 3, 1953. On October 17, 1954, he married Pearl Bailey. He was a farmer, a member of the Presbyterian church, an agent for the State Farm Insurance Company until his retirement in 1958, a member of the Garner Lodge I.O.O.F., and served on the board of the Kossuth Cemetery Association.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Helen Wuellner, of Chicago, Dorothy Stodt, of West Burlington, Lorma Allen, of Burlington, Kathleen Erickson, of Hammond, Indiana; two sons, William, of New London, and Dale, Cedar Falls; five stepchildren, Robert Bailey, of Davenport, Wayne Bailey, of Stuart, Florida, Margaret Hackley, of Rock Island, Illinois, Barbara Teeter, of Bonaparte, Mary Lou Nehlren of Bettendorf; 19 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. His parents, a son, five brothers and a sister are dead.

Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the United Presbyterian church of Mediapolis, with the Reverend Donald Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Kossuth cemetery. The body is at the Fry Funeral Home.