Delmar Thumm

DELMAR THUMM

Mount Vernon

Delmar Thumm, 83, of Mount Vernon, passed away Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at Hallmark Care Center, Mount Vernon. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon, by the Rev. Lori Wunder. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the funeral home. Private family burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife of over 63 years, Shirley; children, Douglas (Kelly) Thumm of Aurora, Colo., and Becky (Kevin) Whitman of Mount Vernon; grandchildren, Ryan (Tasha) Whitman of Mount Vernon and Karissa (Brad) Walker of North Liberty; great-grandchildren, Adalynn and Mia Whitman and Charlie Walker; siblings, Byron (Charlene) and Darrel (Betty) Thumm; and many extended family, friends and neighbors.

Delmar V. Thumm was born March 10, 1934, on a farm near Stanwood, to Luther and Pauline (Kinyon) Thumm. He graduated from Tipton High School in 1952, and married Shirley Thoeming on Jan. 8, 1954, in Tipton. He worked as a truck driver/grounds man and later a rubber goods manager for I.E. (now Alliant Energy) for 34 years until his retirement in 1997.

He enjoyed bi-yearly trout fishing trips to northeast Iowa, yearly trips to Casa Grande, Ariz., to visit friends and attending his grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's activities. Delmar also liked doing word searches, gardening vegetables and visiting and sharing "big fish" stories with friends during coffee time at Gwen's.

Delmar was preceded in death by his parents; son, David J. Thumm; and brother, Charles.

The family would like to thank Hospice of Mercy and Hallmark Care Center for their impressive and wonderful care of Delmar.

Memorials may be directed to the David Thumm memorial scholarship through Mount Vernon School Foundation.

Please share your support and memories with Delmar's family on his tribute wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.