Dumas, Homer "June" Charles 1925-2016

DUMAS, COX, BLEIL

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/30/2017 at 15:28:52

Homer "June" Dumas

February 12, 2016

Homer "June" Dumas, 90, of Kingsley, Iowa passed away Friday, February 12, 2016 at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston, Iowa.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars. Pastor Doug Van Aarsten from the Ireton First Reformed Church in Ireton, Iowa will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Cemetery in Le Mars with military honors provided by the Heeren-McHale-Wilkens American Legion Post 724 of Brunsville, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be from 10:00 a.m. until service time on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Homer Charles Dumas was born to H. C. Dumas, Sr. and Isabel Ann (Cox) on September 12, 1925 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He lost his father when he was a young boy of seven when H. C. died from injuries during the war. They later moved to the Le Mars area where his mother married Roy Bullington. While in high school, Homer had the opportunity to move to his father's hometown of Barnesville, Georgia, where his two aunts, Irma and Vernal resided. He graduated from Gordon Military School in 1943 and then spent time in the Merchant Marines in the Atlantic Ocean as well as the US Air Force. When he left the service, he had a chance to attend college to major in engineering so he could join his uncle in bridge construction. However, home was calling, so he moved back to Iowa to begin farming. He met Phyllis Jean Bleil, and they were married on June 28, 1951. Through the years, June and Phyllis farmed in Union, Stanton, and Preston Townships and enjoyed farm life with many friends and neighbors.

He is survived by their four children, Chris (Gary) Van Gelder, Cindy (John) Hamilton, Chuck Dumas, and Kay (Chuck) Mulder as well as twelve grandchildren, Kari (Van Gelder) Hudson, Brad Van Gelder, Susie (Hamilton) Johnson, Hilary (Hamilton) Masters, Phil Hamilton, Chuck Dumas, Heath Dumas, Sara (Dumas) Pearson, Jim Dumas, Joe Richardson, Jesse Richardson, Jordan Richardson, and 27 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Phyllis, in 2001.

Carlsen Funeral Home
Le Mars, Iowa