SEYMOUR
Louis Rumph Jr., 87 of Seymour passed away Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Schneck Medical Center with his loving family by his side.
Born Jan. 9, 1929, at Ratcliff Grove in Jackson County, he was the son of Louis and Jennie Robertson Rumph, both of whom preceded him in death. On June 3, 1951, at Central Christian Church in Seymour, he married Marylon Killion who survives.
Louis was a member of Central Christian Church and a 53-year member of Jackson Masonic Lodge 146. He graduated from Brownstown High School in 1947. He served in the U.S. Navy for a year. He worked at Brownstown Brickyard and Arvin’s before starting work at Cummins Engine Co., where he worked for 31 years until he retired as a supervisor in Fuel Systems in 1983.
He then consulted for Cummins in Chicago and Juarez, Mexico, for several years. He enjoyed farming, especially growing strawberries on 20 acres of his land. He loved going out to eat, traveling, fishing, bike riding, refurbishing furniture and collecting antiques with his wife. He especially enjoyed watching his great-grandsons’ sporting events. He loved writing poetry. You knew you were very special to him if he wrote a poem for you. He especially loved giving his family poems he had written for their birthdays.
Other survivors beside his wife of 64 years, include two daughters, Rebecca Sue (Mike) Miller and Jennifer Lynn Rumph; two granddaughters, Sara Elizabeth (Bill) Bane and Jenna LeeAnn Miller; and three great-grandchildren, Lucas “Luke” Michael Bane, Jude Allen Bane and Eleanor Elizabeth Bane.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Irvin Rumph; and three sisters, Effie Verble, Ruby Lucas and Rettie Jane Mitchner.
The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Voss Chapel. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery with full military graveside rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1925, American Legion Post 89, Disabled Veterans 47, Korean and Vietnam Veterans, all of Seymour.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon until time of service Thursday. A Masonic Service will be conducted by Jackson Lodge 146 at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to Central Christian Church day care, the Farmers’ Market in Seymour or donor’s choice of charities.
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