Notes:
Data source is Philip Richard Mumma. E-mail mummacpm@earthlink.net
10 July 1900
J.E. MUMMA, professor of mathematics and grammar in the Macomb normal school, was united in marriage to Miss ALICE ESSEX, formerly of this place, May 24, at the M.E. parsonage in Pekin, Ill.
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Her obit:
ALICE MARIE [ESSEX] MUMMA
Mrs. ALICE MUMMA; OQUAWKA, Ill. Mrs. ALICE MUMMA died Aug 25 [1953] at a hospital in Champaign, Ill. Last rites were held Aug. 28 at Urbana, 111. ALICE ESSEX, daughter of JOSEPH and ELLEN WATSON ESSEX was born at Oquawka on March 7, 1879. She was graduated from the Oquawka high school and from Western Illinois State Teachers college, Macomb, Ill., and was married to JAMES MUMMA in 1904. Mrs. MUMMA is survived by three sons and a daughter; MAX D. MUMMA, Davenport, IA; PAUL H. MUMMA, Sidney, Ill; FLOYD MUMMA, Decatur, Ill., and Mrs. HELEN FREEMAN, of Calumet City, Ill. Also surviving are a brother and sister: CLARENCE F. ESSEX, Riverside, Calif., and Mrs. IDA PETERSON, Oquawka six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Two brothers and three sisters died previously.
[Unknown newspaper in the Champaign/Urbana area.]
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ALICE MARIE MUMMA, 73, a resident of the community for 25 years, died about 12:25 a.m. (Aug. 26, 1953) at the Laymon Convalescent home. She lived at 206 North Race street, Urbana. The body was taken to the Renner funeral home. Funeral services were tentatively set for Friday. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Mrs. MUMMA was born March 3, 1880, in Oquawka, daughter of JOSEPH and ELLEN ESSEX. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Urbana. Surviving are four children, MAX D. MUMMA, Davenport, IA., PAUL H., Sidney, FLOYD W., Decatur, and Mrs. HELEN FREEMAN, Calumet City, and one sister, Mrs. IDA PETERSON, Oquawka; and six grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Dated 26 Aug 1953