Helen E. Mumm

Helen Elaine Mumm, age 64, of Patch Grove, passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. She was born on October 30, 1946, in rural Cassville, the daughter of Lloyd and Stella (Nickel) Yager.

Upon graduating from Cassville High School in 1964, she worked at both the Potosi and Cassville newspapers before working at Okeys Market for over twenty years, followed by more than five years at the Methodist Church in Bloomington. Helen loved the outdoors, with mushroom hunting in the spring and growing her garden and flowers in the summer. She treasured all her collections of recipes, chickadee figurines, John Wayne memorabilia, and orchids. Helen was also very creative in writing dedications and would often write a poem to honor a significant event.

In January 1969, she married Dave Mumm in Cassville and they raised three children in Glen Haven. Helen found great pride and joy in her family, planning annual family reunions and researching family history for over fifty years. She was always willing to help anyone starting in genealogy or share her own findings on the family tree. Helen thoroughly adored her grandchildren and was a firm believer in the motto of spoiling them before sending them home.

She will be missed dearly by her husband of forty-two years, Dave Mumm, Patch Grove; her children: Todd (Stephanie) Mumm, Platteville; Shawn (Lori) Mumm, Cassville; Jackie (Mike) Rymarz, Prairie du Chien; grandchildren: Jenna, Cheyenne, and Sierra Mumm, Jake and Josh Bolden; her brother, Larry Yager, Potosi; her sister, Janet (Bob) Pohle, Cassville; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Helen was preceded in death by a brother, David A. Yager.

Funeral services were on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at Martin Funeral Home in Cassville with Reverend Jen Johnson officiating. Burial will be at a later date in St. Marys Settlement Cemetery, Cassville. Family and friends called on Friday, July 29, 2011, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Martin Funeral Home in Cassville and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.