Bump, Sumner Merritt 1884-1959

BUMP, CHRISTIAN, DAVIS, BODENHORN, MORRIS, HORN

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Date: 9/14/2012 at 11:55:29

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; July 13, 1959

OBITUARY

SUMNER MERRITT BUMP

(Contributed)

Sumner Merritt Bump, long-time resident of Burlingame, died Sunday at his Canyon Road home from a heart attack. He is survived by his widow, *Margaret, two daughters, Mrs. Fred J. Davis of Burlingame and Mrs. Diran Bodenhorn of Park Forest, Ill., a son, George Christian Bump, Stanford, Calif., two brothers, Glenn Barker Bump, Stockton, Calif., and Edwin E. Bump, San Antonio, Texas, and two sisters, Mrs. Burton Morris, Newton, Ia., and Mrs. Harry Horn, San Jose, Calif.

Mr. Bump was born in 1884 in Grinnell and attended Grinnell College. He had lived in San Mateo County 45 years and in Burlingame 26 years. His career in the field of civil engineering, lumbering, and mining business began in 1914, and included work at Pescadero and Pidgeon Point as well as construction of the railroad at Eel River and the jetty at Eureka. During World War I he served as captain with the 20th Engineers Corps. After the war, he built and managed a lumber mill at Susanville, and also spent two years in the same business in the Philippine Islands.

He was a member of American Legion Post No. 163, the Sequoia Chapter of the Audubon Society, the State Historical Society, the Burlingame and Peninsula Art Associations and the Congregational church in San Mateo. Since his retirement eight years ago he had engaged in his hobby of painting in oils. This led recently to his establishment of the Art Appreciation Library dedicated to the bringing of beauty to patients in hospitals and sanitoriums in the Bay Area. Under his plan, exhibits of works of both professional and amateur artists are hung for the enjoyment of patients and hospital staff alike. He had received letters of commendation and appreciation from the San Francisco Art Commission, Crystal Springs Home, the San Mateo County TB Sanatorium, Agnews State Hospital, and other sanatoriums.

Gifts in memory of Mr. Bump may be sent to the Art Appreciation Library Committee, care of Mr. Frank McGary, 1117 Cambridge Road, Burlingame, to continue the work he started.

Transcriber Note: *Margaret (Christian)
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California Death Index

Name: Sumner Bump
Event: Death
Event Date: 28 Jun 1959
Event Place: San Mateo, California, United States
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1884
Birthplace: Iowa
Gender: Male
Father: Bump
Mother: Buck
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California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, index and images, FamilySearch.org

Name: Sumner Merritt Bump
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 05 Jun 1914
Event Place: San Francisco, California, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Est. Birth Year: 1885
Father: Thomas B Bump
Mother: Ellen Buck
Spouse: Margaret Christian
Spouse's Age: 28
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Est. Birth Year: 1886
Spouse's Father: George M Christian
Spouse's Mother: Margaret Rowse
Page: 391
Film Number: 1405837
Digital Folder Number: 004640217
Image Number: 00853
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United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index and images, FamilySearch.org

Name: Sumner Merritt Bump
Event: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Burlingame, San Mateo, California
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1884
NARA Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California
Arc Identifier: 603155
Film Number: 2404173
Digital Folder Number: 004667479
Image Number: 02912