KUMBA, Jacob Joseph "Joe" 1954-2013

KUMBA, STEWART, BAHNSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/29/2013 at 15:37:35

Jacob Joseph (Joe) Kumba

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(January 1, 1954 - April 27, 2013)

Rock Rapids, Iowa -- Jacob Joseph (Joe) Kumba, age 59, of Rock Rapids, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Rock Rapids.

Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013 at United Methodist Church in Rock Rapids with Rev. Marcia Sangel officiating.

Jurrens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Source: Jurrens Funeral Home, 4/29/2013
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Rock Rapids, Iowa

April 27, 2013

Jacob Joseph “Joe” Kumba, 59, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, died of cancer Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Sanford Hospital in Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Memorial service was May 2, 2013 at United Methodist Church, Rock Rapids, with Rev. Marcia Sangel officiating.

Jacob “Joe” Kumba was born January 1, 1954 in Estherville, Iowa to Jake and Betty (Stewart) Kumba. He lived with his family on a farm northwest of Superior, Iowa, until age 5. He and his family then moved to a farm near Rock Rapids where he attended country school. He continued his schooling at Central Lyon in Rock Rapids and worked as a janitor there in the summers while he was in high school.

Joe married Sandy Bahnson on June 5, 1993 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in rural Inwood, Iowa. Joe worked as a farmer until age 27 when he went to Sheldon for plumbing school and made that a 10-year career. He then worked at the ethanol plant in Hudson, S.D. and later as a water specialist at Grand Falls Casino near Larchwood, Iowa.

He is survived by his wife, Sandy Kumba of Rock Rapids; two children, Kendall and Jacob, and his mother, Betty Kumba of Rock Rapids.

Joe was preceded in death by his father, Jake Kumba.

Source: www.LyonCountyReporter.com