Gumble, Herman F.

1920 - 2003  (82 years)

• Name	Gumble, Herman F.
  Birth	29 Jul 1920	Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Minister of the Gospel  [2]
  Reference Number	GUMB.H001
  _FGRAVE	50973648
  Funeral	Stasi-Grove Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [3]
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, United States Army  [3, 4]
  	A World War II veteran, he attained the rank of staff sergeant while serving in the Army from 1942 to 1946. He received two Bronze Stars for meritorious service during the battle of Luzon in the Western Pacific.
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Staff Sergeant (abbreviated as S/Sgt.), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Gumble, Herman F. (1920-2003) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	3 Jan 2003	Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana   [1, 3]
  	OLNEY, Ill. - Herman F. Gumble, 82, Noble, died at 6:55 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, 2003, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes.
  Burial	7 Jan 2003	Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Gumble, Dorothy G. and Herman F.
  Person ID	I4257	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants, McDowell - Maglone John William 'Will' McDowell and Margaret Maglone Descendants, Patterson - Nash John William 'Splitfoot' Patterson and Elizabeth G. 'Eliza' 'Betsy' Nash Descendants
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	GUMBLE, Charles George,   b. 2 Jun 1883   d. 9 Feb 1949, Richland County, Illinois (Age 65 years)
  Mother	WEIDNER, Dora Marie,   b. 1889   d. 1983 (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Family ID	F931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fulk, Dorothy G.,   b. 1930, Illinois d. 26 Mar 1947 (Age 17 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1952	Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Gumble, Pamela Rose,   b. 17 Aug 1956, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois d. 14 Mar 1961, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 4 years) + 2. Gumble, M. > 3. Gumble, A. + 4. Gumble, D.
  Family ID	F2538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jul 1920 - Noble, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - - Stasi-Grove Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Marriage - 29 Mar 1952 - Noble, Richland County, Illinois Death - 3 Jan 2003 - Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Burial - 7 Jan 2003 - Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Vincennes Sun-Commercial (IN) - Saturday, January 4, 2003 OLNEY, Ill. - Herman F. Gumble, 82, Noble, died at 6:55 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, 2003, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Born July 29, 1920, in Noble, he was the son of Charles G. and Dora (Weidner) Gumble. He was current pastor of Walnut Grove Church of the Brethren in rural southern Richland County, and former pastor of churches in Wynoose and Olney. He was a retired farmer and general contractor. He was a former Denver Township road commissioner, Noble village trustee and vice chairman of the Richland County Board from 1984 to 1996. He was past commander of the Clifford Sanderson American Legion Post in Noble, a life member of the national American Legion and helped start the DARE program in Noble. A World War II veteran, he attained the rank of staff sergeant while serving in the Army from 1942 to 1946. He received two Bronze Stars for meritorious service during the battle of Luzon in the Western Pacific. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Dorothy of Noble; three daughters, Debbie Phillips of Vincennes, Angela Pace of Evansville, Ind., and Mary Weesner of Geneva; a sister, Lela Bidner of Noble; nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren. A daughter and two sisters are deceased. The funeral will be conducted at noon CST Tuesday at Stasi-Grove Funeral Home in Olney by Pastor Rick Weesner, his son-in-law. Burial will be in Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney, with full military honors performed by a Richland County veterans organization.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1973] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gumble, Dorothy G. and Herman F., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50973648/herman-f-gumble), none. (Reliability: 2). [S481] Vickie McCracken, Descendants of Johann Jacob Volck, (January 9, 2004), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1974] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Gumble, Herman F., 82, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50973648/herman-f-gumble), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1975] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gumble, Herman F., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50973648/herman-f-gumble), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13350] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gumble, Charles G. and Dora M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50973649/charles-george-gumble), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1968] The News Gazett, Obituary, Fulk, William R., (http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2016-04-20/william-fulk.html), none. (Reliability: 2).