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Data source and researcher is Jean Cawley Corazza, E-mail jcorazza@verizon.net
John E. Mumaw, 78, of Freedom Road, Drums, passed away Sunday at the VA Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre.
Born in West Hazleton, he was a son of the late William and Nettie (Hausknecht) Mumaw.
John was a member of St. Johns UCC in St. Johns, an Army Veteran of the Korean War, and for many years had been employed as a welder at the Foster Wheeler plant in Mountaintop.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, John E. Mumaw, Jr.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, the former Clara Thomas; a son, Thomas J. Mumaw of McAdoo; daughters, Linda West, a guest at Mountain City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and Mrs. Michael (Jane Ann) Boock of California.
His funeral service was held privately from the Butler Chapel of Krapf & Hughes Funeral Home. Interment was in the St. Johns Lutheran and UCC Cemetery.