Rodney Allen STUMO

STUMO, JOHNSON, KIRSCHER, COVINGTON, HAMILTON, WISEMAN, JASPERS, GAVIN, TATMAN, MEYER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/2/2013 at 11:24:57

April 23, 1962 --- October 24, 2013

Rodney Allen “Rocky” Stumo, 51, Rolla, MO, died October 24, 2013 due to injuries sustained in an accident on the Missouri River near St. Louis. A celebration of life for family and friends will be held Saturday, November 2 at 10:30 a.m. at the Goodell United Methodist Church.

Belmond Independent - Belmond, Iowa
October 2013

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Worker from Rolla in boating accident dies

Rodney Allen “Rocky” Stumo, age 51, of Rolla, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013 due to injuries sustained in an accident on the Missouri River.

He was born in Mason City, Iowa on April 23, 1962 to Nelson and ElNora (Johnson) Stumo. On June 9, 2006 he married Shirley Kirscher, who survives.

He was employed by Local 513 Engineering Union for the past twenty-five years. Rocky fully loved life, family, and his friends. He thoroughly enjoyed music and was never afraid to sing over a jukebox using anything available as an imaginary microphone.

He was of Norwegian decent and proud of every “Ole and Lena” joke he told (again and again.) He and his father were drag racing fans. Rocky enjoyed guns and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He always looked forward to coming home to hunt with his dad, brother-in-law Mark, and nephew Josh, especially when Mark did the cooking. He loved every animal his wife Shirley brought home (most of the time.)

We know up in heaven there are a few special people waiting on him. His grandma, Iola Johnson is shuffling the cards and putting on the coffee pot. His good friend for many years, William Ray Covington Jr. (Willy), has been waiting for sometime to catch up on things and once again enjoy each other’s company. Also awaiting his arrival is his grandfather, Ernest Johnson; grandparents, Lillian and Peter Stumo, and mother-in-law, Elaine Kirscher.

Rocky will be greatly missed by his surviving family which includes his wife, Shirley Stumo, of Rolla; his parents, Nelson and ElNora Stumo, of Goodell, IA; stepdaughters, Michelle Hamilton and husband Matt, of Rochester, MN, and Nicole Wiseman, also of Rochester; sisters, Justine Jaspers and husband James, of Carpenter, IA, and Jody Gavin and husband Mark, of Belmond, IA; father-in-law, Melvin Kirscher, of Des Moines, IA; brothers-in-law, Larry Kirscher and wife Eunice and Wayne Kirscher, both of Des Moines; sister-in-law, Margaret Tatman, of Des Moines; nieces, nephews, six great nephews, and extended family Vic and Dora Meyer, of Rolla, and their children Joshua, Travis, and Curtis.

A visitation for the family and friends of Rocky Stumo will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Null & Son Funeral Home in Rolla. All arrangements are under the direction of the Null & Son Funeral Home in Rolla.

Rolla Daily News - Rolla, Missouri
October 2013

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Rodney “Rocky” Stumo, 51, of Rolla, Mo., died despite the heroic efforts by members of the W.A. Ellis Construction Co.’s towboat Johanna who pulled him out of the water following Wednesday morning’s accident near the Lewis Bridge that carries U.S. Route 67 over the Missouri River between St. Louis and St. Charles County, Mo.

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ST. LOUIS, MO. — A man who was injured and tossed into the Missouri River when his johnboat was struck by a barge Wednesday, Oct. 23, has died Thursday morning. The victim was identified as Rodney “Rocky” Stumo, 51, of Rolla, Mo., who ws pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, October 24, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
One person was killed in a barge accident on the Missouri River on October 23, 2013 in St Louis, MO.

The accident occurred On Wednesday, October 23, near the Lewis Bridge that carries U.S. Route 67 over the Missouri River between St. Louis and St. Charles County, Mo. near the Central Stone Co. North Quarry Dock Port Facility on the St. Louis County side of the Missouri River, just off U.S. 67. Stumo was rescued by by members of the W.A. Ellis Construction Co.’s towboat Johanna who pulled him out of the water, but despite their heroic efforts, Stumo could not be revived.
Map shows location of fatal barge accident near the U.S. Highway 66 bridge over the Missouri River in St Louis, MO on October 23, 2013.

According to David Tiefenbrunn of the Sheriff’s Department, the barge involved in the collision was being pushed by the towboat Jennie Dehmer, owned by Magnolia Marine Transport of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Stumo was attempting to cross the river from the trestle pier back to the shores, when his boat was struck by the barge pushed by the Jennie Dehmer.

Tiefenbrunn said the Sheriff’s Department received a call at 9:33 a.m. Wednesday reporting the collision on the river and that a man was in the water. Tiefenbrunn said Stumo worked for St. Louis Bridge Construction Co., which has been doing work on the piers of the train trestle that crosses the Missouri River just upriver from the Lewis Bridge. Stumo was operating a johnboat with a cabin, where the driver sits, according to Tiefenbrunn.

Crew members from the Johanna came to the rescue and pulled the victim from the water. Workers from St. Louis Bridge Construction Co. began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the victim. Once they got the victim to shore, they were joined by St. Charles County sheriff’s deputies until paramedics arrived and took over the CPR effort.

Stumo initially was taken to Christian Hospital in North St. Louis County, then was transferred to Barnes-Jewish, where he died Thursday morning. The incident remains under investigation at this time.