Bump, Thomas Barker 1855-1929

BUMP, DORR, BUCK, HORN, MORRIS

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 4/5/2012 at 19:45:47

Newspaper obituary dated Friday, Aug. 1929

SERVICES FOR T.B. BUMP

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Thursday morning for Thomas Barker Bump, who died at Iowa City Monday. Rev. E.M. Vittum was in charge of the services. Mrs. R.T. Bouma sang two vocal numbers, "Lead Kindly Light," and "Now the Day Is Done." Pallbearers were S. J. Pooley, John Evans, I.M. Harrington, I.E. Goodrich, Harry Shaw, and Frank Marvin.

Interment will be in Hazelwood, and will be postponed until the arrival of two sons, Sumner and Glenn from California.

Thomas Barker Bump, second son of Everett and Mary Dorr Bump was born near Portage, Wis, July 16, 1855, and departed this life August 19, 1929, aged 74 years, one month and three days. Death was caused by post-operative peritonitis.

Early in his life his parents removed from Wisconsin to the vicinity of Grinnell. His father died when Mr. Bump was ten years old and with his widowed mother, brothers and sister he endured the hardships and shared the joys and problems of this community since that early day.

On September 28, 1878, he was united in marriage with Mary Ellen Buck. To them were born three sons and three daughters: Edwin E. of Joliet, Ill., Frances Bertha who passed away at the age of 7, Sumner M. of Ross, Calif., Mrs. Florence H. Horn of Le Grand, Mrs. Helen Marie Morris of Kellogg, and Glenn B. Bump of Hilt, Calif.

Mr. Bump is survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters, twelve grandsons, four granddaughters, two brothers, Hale and Charles, and one sister, Mary M.

Although having had a limited education he had by wide reading developed a high degree of intelligence and was keenly interested in the political and industrial problems of our nation.

He prophesied many important developments for the central west which are now being accomplished. He felt that industrial diversification was the great need of this state.

His great kindliness to all in need is common knowledge. Through the periods of hard times he lent every aid in his power to those in distress. The common people loved him.

He cared most tenderly for his wife through a period of illness and had the comfort of seeing her restored to health. His children feel they have a most precious inheritance of the things that count most in the world.