Tuesday, December 19, 2000

 

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John E. Gumtow
Dec. 23, 1902-Dec. 17, 2000

NEW BOSTON -— John E.
Gumtow, 97, of New Boston died
Sunday at Mercy Memorial
Nursing Center, Monroe.

Friends may call until 9 tonight
at Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home,
Flat Rock. Services will be held at |
1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul
Lutheran Church. The Rev. D. Lee
Cullen, pastor of the church, will
officiate. Burial will be in
Michigan Memorial Park, Huron
Township.

Born Dec. 23, 1902, in Huron

| Township, he was the son of Emil
and Augusta (Block) Gumtow. He
married Marcita Schwier June 22,
1929, at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
She died in 1944.

A laborer, he worked for Kaiser-
Frazier’s auto paint department.
He also worked for Wayne County
Road Commission when Waltz Rd.
was paved and for Graham-Paige
and Willow Run Bomber plant dur-
ing World War IL. After retiring, he
was a carpenter.

He was a member of Local 600,
United Auto Workers and St. Paul
Lutheran Church, where he was
baptized and confirmed.

|. Surviving are two sisters, Emma
Gumtow of New Boston and Anna
Jordan.