Notes:
Harold's uncle, Paul Mumme, immigrated to America in 1906. In 1909 he married a girl from Norway. She died, however in 1911. Harold is not found in the 1920 census
Harold Ferdinand Mumma
Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates
Name Harold Ferdinand Mumma
Event Type Birth
Event Date 22 Apr 1927
Event Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Registration Date 29 Apr 1927
Registration Place , Cook, Illinois
Gender Male
Race White
Father's Name Feredenond Mumma
Father's Birthplace Norway
Father's Age 34
Mother's Name Rosa Blum
Mother's Birthplace Germany
Mother's Age 29
Certificate Number 18625
Father's Estimated Birth Year 1893
Mother's Estimated Birth Year 1898
Mumma, Harold F.
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Harold was born on April 22, 1927 in Chicago Illinois, to Rosa and Ferdinand Mumma; however, at the age of one-years of age, the family returned to their home in Stavanger Norway. Harold returned to Chicago after World War II and joined the US Army in 1949. Harold served in combat during the Korean War, where he was wounded, receiving a total of three purple hearts. Following the war, he attended The University of Chicago and began work in the insurance industry for "Western Adjustment." In 1955, he was transferred to Wichita, Kansas, where he met and married Joan V. Tennant, formerly of Pond Creek, Oklahoma, in 1956. They raised four children, Gregory "Clay", Kevin, Blake and Mindy (Carpenter) in Wichita. Harold died at the age of 88 years on the morning of Tuesday, September 1, 2015, in the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center-Hospice Wing. He is survived by his wife, children, and countless grandchildren. Harold's ashes will be laid to rest in the Pond Creek, Oklahoma cemetery. Local and grave side serves are by family invite.
[Published in The Wichita Eagle on Sept. 4, 2015]