Notes:
NOTICE: Through DNA testing of men with the Mummy\Mummey\Mumy surname, I have been able to determine that the original surname of this family was MUMMY and became altered to MUMMA when Samuel Mumy enlisted in the Civil War in Harrisburg. He could not read nor write. Therefore, these descendants are not "genetically" related to the MUMMA family although that is the surname they use. - Doug Mumma doug@mumma.org
[York Dispatch, Wednesday April 23, 1986]
Robert W. Mumma
MANCHESTER - Robert W. "Mud Turtle" Mumma Sr.,- 71, of Manchester RD 2, died Monday evening at Memorial Hospital.
He was the husband of Ruth I. King Mumma.
Mr. Mumma was born at Sunbury, the son of the late William and Mary Wagner Mumma.
He was a retired expediter. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. He retired after 20 years of employment with Borg Warner Corp. He was a member of Victory Athletic Association, York.
Survivors include:
A son - Robert Mumma Jr., Manchester.
Four daughters - Martha Jansen, Breese, Ill.; Harriet Leicht, York; and Dee Little and Mildred Brenizer, both of Manchester.
Fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Two sisters - Arlene Plank, Harrisburg, and Mary Edmondson, Dillsburg.
Viewing will be 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the L.E. Diehl Funeral Home Inc., 87 S. Main St., Mt. Wolf.
Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Officiating will be the Rev. Robert Rowe, pastor of Manor Baptist Church, York.
Burial will be in Susquehanna Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Lung Association of South Central Pennsylvania, 488 W. Market St., York, Pa. 17405.