Obituary of Anita M. Lumpa

Anita M. Lumpa, age 68 formerly of Iowa City died Friday, June 11, 2004 at the Crestview Care Center in West Branch. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Burial will be at the West Branch Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 7p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials donations can be given in Anita’s memory to the charity of the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be sent for Anita’s family through our website @www.gayandciha.com. Anita Mae Barrett Lumpa was born February 21, 1936, in Dubuque, Iowa the daughter of Vernon and Mildred (Burns) Barrett. She grew up near Bertram,Iowa graduating from Mt. Vernon High School. On October 17, 1957, she married Donald W. Lumpa in Mt. Vernon. The couple made their home in Tipton for a number of years. After moving to Iowa City she was employed for a number of years with Frank & Strothman. Anita is survived by her husband, Donald of West Branch; sister and her husband, Audrey and Vernon Yarbrough of Ely; twelve nieces and nephews, her brothers-in-law, Raymond Lumpa of Iowa City, William Lumpa and his wife, Janet of West Branch, John Lumpa and his wife, Helen of West Branch; and her sister-in-law, Irene Steinbrecht and her husband of Solon. Anita was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister-in-law, LaVerna Stutzman.