Obituary of Warren M. Mumma

Warren M. Mumma, 81, of Venice, Florida died January 20, 2007. He was born February 21, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan but lived his life in Toledo, Ohio. He was a District Sales Manager for The Champion Spark Plug Company, retiring after 32 years of service. He was a Veteran having served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II and the U.S. Air Force in the Korean Conflict. Active in community life, he was a Patron of The Toledo Museum of Art; served as President of Toledo Sales and Marketing Executives; Congregation President at Grace Lutheran Church in Toledo; charter member and active at All Saints Lutheran Church in Toledo. A 50 plus 32nd Degree member of Masonic bodies; member of the Byrnwick Golf Club, Maumee, Ohio and past president and board member of the R/C Fliers of Venice, Florida. He was a past board member of the Pinebrook South Homeowners Association in Venice. He was a charter member of The Grand Lake Community Chapel, Preque Isle, Michigan, which he attended each summer. After coming to Florida in 1982, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Phyllis. Survivors include his second wife, Esther; daughter, Jennifer Lynn Matuszak; Son-in-law, Drew Matuszak of Raleigh, North Carolina; son, Jay Warren Mumma, Wake Forest, North Carolina; Granddaughter, Jessica Matuszak of Raleigh; sisters: Helen Flanigan, San Jose, California; Jeanne Somers, Morton, Illinois; step-children, Tom and Audrey Scurfield, Charlotte, North Carolina; George and Jane Scurfield, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and their daughter, Kate; Jacqueline and Keith Paulsen and their children Gracie, Burton and Martin of Hanover, New Hampshire. A Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 24, 2007 from 12-1 PM at Venice Presbyterian Church with a Funeral Service immediately following at 1 PM. Farley Funeral Homes and Crematory, Venice Chapel, is handling arrangements. Memorial Donations may be made to the Brown-Mumma Pharmaceutical Scholarship, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Driscoll Center, Suite 1002, Toledo, Ohio 43606 or to The Grand Lake Community Chapel, P.O. Box 136 Presque Isle, Michigan, 49777. Friends may visit anytime online at www.farleyfuneralhome.com to sign a guest register book and to extend condolences to the family.