Floyd G. Bumsted 1927-1986

BUMSTED, BUEOY

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Date: 1/20/2013 at 15:34:58

Sioux City Journal
5 June 1986

Smithland, Iowa-- Floyd G. Bumsted, 59, of Smithland, died Tuesday in a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. John Lutheran Church in Climbing Hill. The Rev. Walter Resner will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery at Anthon under direction of the Willman Funeral Home of Rodney.

Mr. Bumsted was born April 5, 1927, in Ida County and was raised in the Danbury and the Mapleton area. He married Barbara Bueoy June 7, 1953, in Mapleton. They lived on a farm near Climbing Hill from 1954 to 1966 when they moved to Smithland. He worked with Booth & Olson Construction Co. from 1954 to 1974. He then worked with Fred Carlson Construction from 1974 to 1986.

Mr. Bumsted was a veteran of World War II and was a member of Leslie F. Seaton Post 666, American Legion of Smithland. He also was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Climbing Hill.

Survivors include his wife; a sister, Mrs. Stella Fredrickson of Mapleton aqnd three brothers, Gylord of Mapleton, and Lloyd and Earl, both of Ute.