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James E. “Jim” Mumaugh
October 15, 2011 7:25 PM
ELIDA, OH
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James E. “Jim” Mumaugh, 91, died at 1:35 p.m. Oct. 13, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center.
He was born July 10, 1920, in Lima to William A. and Catherine R. Kayser Mumaugh, who preceded him in death. On April 22, 1946, he married Elizabeth A. “Betty” Hawkey in St. Marys. She died April 17, 1998.
Mr. Mumaugh retired in 1978 from Westinghouse Aerospace after 40 years. He was a supervisor of office services for a number of years before returning to engineering and later to sales support. He was a real estate salesman for McNamara Realtors for 13 years. He was a charter member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, where he was a Eucharistic minister and usher. He was a life member of Lost Creek Country Club and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 54, where he served 12 years on the board of directors. He was a member and past president of Lima Area Wood Carvers, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 370, American Legion Post 96, Senior Citizens and American Association of Retired Persons. He served four years in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the Air Transport Command in Europe.
Survivors include three nieces, Sue Landers, Kay (John) Venturella and Jane Mason, all of Lima; many great-nieces and great-nephews; and two wonderful neighbors, Dennis (Barb) Schwinnen and Ron (Deb) Dredge.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Alfred Mumaugh; two sisters, Irene Mumaugh and Helen Heckman; a niece, Sally Raabe; and two nephews, Don Mumaugh and William Mumaugh.
Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. The Rev. Stephen Blum will officiate. Burial will be in Gethsemani Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Shawnee Chapel, where a wake service will begin at 8 p.m. Monday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lima Central Catholic Building Fund, St. Rita's Development Fund or St. Charles Building Fund.
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Newspaper clipping, files of Allen Co Museum, pencil date of 4-14-96:
Betty and James Mumaugh
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ELIDA -- Mr. and Mrs. James Mumaugh of Elida, will celebrate 50 years of marriage with a reception from 2 - 5 p.m., April 21, 1996, at Lost Creek Country Club. The couple requests that gifts be omitted.
Mumaugh and the former Betty Hawkey were married April 22, 1946, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Marys, by the Rev. John Brinker.
Mumaugh is retired from Westinghouse and McNamara Realty Co. His wife is a homemaker.
WHITTLING AWAY
Lima News, The (OH) - Monday, January 28, 2002
Whittling away
Photos and story by DANNY GAWLOWSKI
The Lima News
LIMA -- Every member of the Lima Area Woodcarvers Club has a specialty. Dave Betts of Lima works on realistic carvings. Norm Rex of Ada carves bark. Don Schlereth of Lima brings forms out of surfaces with relief carving. Jim
Mumaugh meticulously creates elaborate geometric patterns through chip carving. As for president of the club, Dena McClure, she enjoys working on "fantasy animals."
"No one can tell you what it was supposed to look like if it's not supposed to look like anything real," McClure jokes. The club meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month in the Bath High School wood shop to draw from the local pool of talent for a regular exchange of information. The first meeting of each month a club member demonstrates a carving as other club members work along with him. The second meeting of the month is a business meeting along with a time for "show and tell." As well, during this meeting club members can share other tips they have learned.
The club welcomes any beginner who is willing to spend the hours necessary to cover the shop floor with wood chips while patiently forming a new creation and defining their own ability. The members also seem very eager to supply fresh blocks of wood to any carver who whittles the original form into a shape unrecognizable even beyond a fantasy animal.