Clara C. Bumgardner

Clara C. Bumgardner

Died July 22, 2016

MAPLE CITY – Clara Caroline Bumgardner, 100, of Maple City, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016 at her home with her daughter and son at her side.

Clara was born on May 23, 1916 on the family farm north of Cedar, the seventh child of Frank and Mary (Brzezinski) Bloswick.  In 1936 she married David M. Bumgardner who preceded her in death in 1963.

Clara graduated from Maple City High School in 1934.  She spent part of her high school summers working for D.H. Day at the Glen Haven Canning Factory.  After moving to Glen Haven in December of 1938 she worked at hotels around Glen Lake, at the Glen Haven Sand Dune Rides, Steffen’s Grocery in Glen Arbor and Pleva’s Grocery in Cedar.

Clara liked to travel.  She visited her son Ron while he was stationed in Berlin and wrote her name on the Berlin Wall.  She also visited her daughters in Seville, Spain.  Clara made numerous trips to Salt Lake City to visit her sister, Winnie; then to Florida to visit her son George.  She loved the Polka Dances in Maple City and helping her sister Esther in the cherry orchard.

Clara is survived by her children, Carolyn, George (Barbara), Bob (Donna), and Ron (Judith) Bumgardner, ten grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, one godson, Eugene Elmer and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband was preceded in death by her siblings, Isabelle, Mary, Esther, John, Winifred, Helen, Edmond at birth and a grandson, T.J.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons Bay.  Graveside services will be held on Friday, July 29 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Rita’s Cemetery, Maple City.  Father Michael Janowski will serve as celebrant.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Fire and Rescue Association, PO Box 74, Cedar, MI, 49621.

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