Mumm, Frank A. (16 Mar 1871 - 5 Sep 1932)

MUMM, BEAN, KLEVER

Posted By: Deb Bennett-Jónsson (email)
Date: 6/15/2010 at 14:32:02

Newspaper: Williamsburg Journal-Tribune
Posted: September 8, 1932, page 1 and 8

FRANK A. MUMM DIES MONDAY
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Passed Away Early on the Morning of Sept 5, After An Illness of Long Standing
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BORN IN PILOT MARCH 1871
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Funeral Services at M.E. Church, Wednesday PM.; Interment In Pilot Grove Cemetery
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Frank A Mumm a well known resident of Williamsburg, a native son of Pilot township, died at an early hour Monday morning. He was in his 62nd year and had been confined to his home with an illness of long standing and from which he had patiently suffered.

He is survived by the wife, three sons, Arthur O., Elvin R., and Ralph E. Besides these he leaves seven grandchildren, one brother, O.C. Mumm, and two sisters, Mrs. Wallace Bean and Mrs. William Bean of Williamsburg, and a wide circle of more distant relatives and a host of friends.

The funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 o'clock, at the M.E. church, Williamsburg with the Rev. Charles Cochran officiating, who read the Scriptural passages and preached a most appropriate sermon based on the text: "To die is gain."

The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Alice ..., Mrs. W.D. Jones, Merwyn Jones and R.E. Wilson. The selections rendered by the choir were: "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere", "Going Down the Valley", and "No Night There." Mrs. E. C. Edwards provided at the piano.

The sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Cochran from the text already names was a direct appeal to every heart to so order the life here below that the meaning of the words of the text will serve as a consolation in that solemn hour when material time shifts across the margin of Eternity's shoreless sea. "To die in gain" since it ends all the suffering, all the disappointments, all the pain and worry that are the portion of all who labor here below. The tribute to the life and character of the deceased was a tribute fully merited.

There was an imposing gathering present at the obsequies: large delegations were present from the

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old home neighborhood of Pilot, while the townspeople turned out in numbers that taxed the capacity of the church. The interment was in the Pilot Grove cemetery and the pallbearers were: Jake Lortz, W. K. Lortz, M. W. Goodman, W. E. Wallace, C. J. Simmons, and Will Dubisher. The services at the grave were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Cochran.

The funeral procession from Williamsburg was among the largest that ever traversed the West Road.

Frank Alexander, Mumm, son of Peter and Anna Mumm, was born on the old Mumm homestead in Pilot on March 16, 1871. His boyhood and youth were those of the average boy of this period: broken terms at the rural school and an early contact with the work that was incident to a life on a prairie farm. In 1888 he accepted Christ and united with the Methodist Protestant church at Pilot Grove, of which he remained a faithful member.

On October 28, 1897, he was united in marriage to Mary Catherine Klever and the home was established on a Pilot farm; to this union were born the three sons. Several years ago the parents retired from the old farm and the home was made in Williamsburg, and here he enjoyed his period of freedom from labor until the decline of his health became manifest.

In the passing of Frank A. Mumm, the community loses a member it had long learned to love and admire: He was the kindest of husbands, the most indulgent of fathers and as neighbor and citizen he never lacked what the best neighbor and citizen should possess in the form of character and honesty. No one ever doubted his spoken word or questioned the honesty of any act he might perform. He loved his home and family and the welfare of these became a comfort for himself. He will be long missed in the old community, and to his bereaved wife and family, the heartfelt sympathies of all are extended.

Card of Thanks
We must use this medium of returning to all our friend's and good neighbor’s fullest expressions
of gratitude for their kindly helpfulness during the long illness and at the death of our loved one.

Mrs. Frank A. Mumm and Family