Obit: Gumz, Henry F.
(1907-1983)
Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email:
kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Gumz, Richwalski, Riske, Laessig, Kreklau
---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (4 June 1983)
Gumz, Henry F. (19 December 1907-2 June 1983)
DORCHESTER- Services will be Monday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church for Henry
F. Gumz, 75, of Route 1, Dorchester, who died Thursday at his home.
The Rev. David W. Maki will officiate and burial will be in Dorchester
Memorial Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Leonard, Eugene, Herbert, William and Alfred Gumx and
Glen Kreklau.
Visitations will be at Maurina Funeral Home, Dorchester.
Mr. Gumz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Anna Richwalski) Gumz, was born
December 19, 1907 at Dorchester and attended Bruckerville Grade School.
He and Elizabeth Riske were married September 17, 1936 at Athens.
He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Dorchester, and was on the
church Finance Committee and School Board. He farmed in the Town of Holton
all his married life, was a former director of the Dorchester Co-op Board
and a member of the Dorchester Senior Citizens Club.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Robert, Kenneth and Richard Gumz, all of
Dorchester; eight grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ella Laessig, Stratford; and
a brother, Mike Gumz, Stetsonville. Besides his parents, he was predeceased
by two sisters.
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