PUMP, Joan Elaine (Terhune) 1930-2012
PUMP, TERHUNE, KRESS, MCKESSEY, BOOTS, BUSS
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/29/2012 at 12:21:13
Joan Elaine (Terhune) Pump
ROCKFORD, IOWA - Joan Elaine (Terhune) Pump, 82, of 602 First Ave. N.W., Rockford, Iowa, passed away on Friday, October 26, 2012, at home, of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30, at Zion Lutheran Church, 805 E. Main St., Rockford. Officiating will be Pastor Robert Scheurer. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. today, Monday, Oct. 29, at Zion Lutheran Church in Rockford, along with one hour prior to services on Tuesday. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.fullertonfh.com.
Joan was born on March 25, 1930, in Iowa City to Omar and Stella (Kress) Terhune. She attended school in Lone Tree, Iowa, and graduated from Woodruff High School in Peoria, Illinois.
She married Richard R. Pump on August 6, 1950, in Jesup, Iowa. Together they had five children residing in Jesup before moving to Rockford, Iowa, in 1968. She held jobs as a data processor at EDP in Waterloo, at White Farm in Charles City, and at United Home Bank in Mason City. She also worked at the post offices in Rockford and Mason City when she retired.
Joan was a member of the Pump-Scheer American Legion Post 342 in Jesup. She was an active member of her church, serving as treasurer, and a volunteer for the Department of Human Services. Her interests included reading, bowling, roller skating, playing cards and following the Hawkeyes.
Joan is survived by five children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: sons, Gary (Pam) of Washington, Iowa, and their sons Tanner (Sara), Terry (Missy) and Lucas (McKessey); Larry (Sue) of Rockford, Iowa, and children Keith, Cody and Staci; Rod (Jeff) of Clear Lake, Iowa, and his son Barry; Todd (Suzette) of Vancouver, Wash.; and daughter Marty of Rockford, Iowa; great-grandchildren Leah and Lydia Pump and Treyton Pump. She is also survived by sisters, Betty Boots and Maryanne Buss; brother, Jim Terhune; sister-in-law Joyce Terhune; and many nieces and nephews.
Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Dick, in 2007; great-granddaughter, Hannah Pump in 2006; her parents; brother, Wally Terhune; and siste,r Jane Carson.
Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 302 West Main, Rockford, Iowa 50468, 641-756-3311, www.Fullertonfh.com.
[Published in Globe Gazette; October 29, 2012]
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