Pump, Joan Elaine (Terhune)

Joan Elaine (Terhune) Pump, 82, of Rockford, Iowa passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at home of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church, 805 E. Main St., Rockford. Officiating will be Pastor Robert Scheurer. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford. Visitation will be one hour before services Tuesday at the church.

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Joan was born on March 25, 1930, in Iowa City, to Omar and Stella (Kress) Terhune. She attended school in Lone Tree and graduated from Woodruff High School in Peoria, Ill. She married Richard R. Pump on Aug. 6, 1950, in Jesup, Iowa. Together they had five children residing in Jesup before moving to Rockford, Iowa in 1968. She held jobs as a data processor at EDP in Waterloo, at White Farm in Charles City and at United Home Bank in Mason City. She also worked at the post offices in Rockford and Mason City when she retired.

Joan was a member of the Pump-Scheer American Legion Post 342 in Jesup. She was an active member of her church, serving as treasurer and a volunteer for the Department of Human Services. Her interests included reading, bowling, roller skating, playing cards and following the Hawkeyes.

Joan is survived by five children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: sons, Gary (Pam) of Washington Iowa, and their sons, Tanner (Sara), Terry (Missy) and Lucas (McKessey); Larry (Sue) of Rockford, and children Keith, Cody and Staci; Rod (Jeff) of Clear Lake, and his son Barry; Todd (Suzette) of Vancouver, Wash.; and daughter, Marty of Rockford; and great-grandchildren, Leah and Lydia Pump and Treyton Pump.

She is also survived by sisters, Betty Boots and Maryanne Buss; brother, Jim Terhune; sister-in-law, Joyce Terhune; and many nieces and nephews.

Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Dick in 2007; great-granddaughter, Hannah Pump in 2006; her parents; brother, Wally Terhune; and sister, Jane Carson.

Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 302 W. Main, Rockford, IA 50468; (641) 756-3311; .

Published in The Gazette Oct. 30, 2012.