Provided by Lois (Schmidt) Gillespie:
Provided by Lois (Schmidt)Gillespie:
Preston Republican
December 7, 1972
Mrs. Jake Kumm
Funeral services were conducted atthe chapel in Christ Lutheran Church here for Mrs. Jake Kumm, 93 of Preston,Minnesota, who died December 1 at the Preston Nursing Home. The Rev. Walter E. N. Wahl officiated andburial was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Hahn, Oscar Krause, Jerry Ostrem, Howard Gartner,George Soffa and Orval Wolfe.
The former Hannah Wiegand was bornhere November 26, 1879, and married Jake E. Kumm here in November 1908. He died in 1961. Mr. Kumm was employed here as a barber. Mrs. Kumm worked here as a secretary beforeher marriage. She was a Sunday schoolteacher at Evangelical United Brethren church here for 56 years and was thechurch organist for many years.
She issurvived by a brother, Vernon Wiegand of Cincinnati, Ohio. Two brothers preceded her in death.