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Merle Austin Stump (1908 - 1977)

Merle Austin Stump
Born in Colchester, Illinoismap
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Husband of — married 9 Jul 1930 in Bushnell, Illinoismap
Husband of — married 4 Aug 1951 in Macomb, Illinoismap
Died at age 69 in Pekin, Illinoismap
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Biography

Merle A. Stump, 69, of 610 Caroline, a retired Caterpillar Tractor Co. employe, died at 9:15 p.m. Sunday at Leisure Hills Health Care Center. A patient since Oct. 6, he had been ill several months. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kuecks-Woolsey Funeral Home. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. A Masonic service will be at 8:30 p.m.

He was born April 13, 1908, in Colchester, a son of John and Mary Ellen Hall Stump. He married Elizabeth Edmonds Aug. 4, 1951, in Macomb. Surviving are his wife; a brother, Wendell Stump, Calumet City, and two sisters, Mrs. Doris Davis, Raleigh, N.C., and Mrs. Maxine Churchill, rural Macomb.

Mr. Stump, who worked 25 years for Caterpillar before he retired in 1968, was a Navy veteran of World War II. He belonged to Pekin Masonic Lodge 29, the Peoria Consistory and AFL-CIO Local 974. Memorials may be made to the Tazewell Animal Protective Society.[1]

Sources

  1. The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois , October 11, 1977

See also:

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204503027/merle-austin-stump: accessed 15 November 2022), memorial page for Merle Austin Stump (13 Apr 1908–9 Oct 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 204503027, citing Glendale Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Stephen Cantrell (contributor 48212706) .




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