{"id":118259,"date":"2019-05-22T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=118259"},"modified":"2019-05-22T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:52:17","slug":"karl-george-schumm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/22\/karl-george-schumm\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl George Schumm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karl George Schumm, 105, of Convoy, died at 6:38 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Karl-Schumm-obit-photo-5-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118260\"\/><figcaption><strong>Karl George Schumm<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born August 19, 1913, in Schumm, a son of Gustav J. and Dorthea (Beinz) Schumm, who both preceded him in death.&nbsp;On January 22, 1938, he married M. Isabelle (Wermer) Schumm, who died December 21, 2016.&nbsp;They were married for 78 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl farmed and raised livestock.&nbsp;Prior to farming, Karl owned and operated Schumm\u2019s Hatchery in Convoy.&nbsp;After retiring from farming, he planted a bountiful vegetable garden and also produced large quantities of apples, plums, peaches, and pears from his fruit trees.&nbsp;He enjoyed sharing the harvests with his family and friends.&nbsp;He also had a collection of Simplicity lawn mowers and was very capable of repairing lawn mowers and rebuilding\/servicing lawn mower engines.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Convoy and a 1930 graduate of Van Wert High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include his daughter, Ruth Ann Densel; three sons, Roger D. (Gloria) Schumm and Robert L. \u201cBob\u201d (Carolyn) Schumm, both of Convoy, and Dale (Debbie) Schumm of Southern Pines, North Carolina; eight grandchildren, Don (Amy) Schumm, Troy (Jodi) Schumm, Tom (Karen) Densel, Dave (Shari) Densel, Joy (David) Beck, Lisa (David) Schreck, Kathy (Pat) Will, and Karen (Matt) Ringwald; 19 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preceding him in death were a grandson, Gregory Karl Schumm; two brothers, Arthur and Paul Schumm; two sisters, Ora Dolde and Ida Johnson, and a son-in-law, Stanley Densel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at Redeemer Lutheran Church (6727 Ohio 49), officiated by pastor Michael W. Saylor.&nbsp;Burial will follow in IOOF Cemetery in Convoy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visitation is from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the church.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials: Redeemer Lutheran Hour of Worship Church Broadcast Fund.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cowanfuneralhome.com\/\">cowanfuneralhome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl George Schumm, 105, of Convoy, died at 6:38 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born August 19, 1913, in Schumm, a son of Gustav J. and Dorthea (Beinz) Schumm, who both preceded him in death.&nbsp;On January 22, 1938, he married M. Isabelle (Wermer) Schumm, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 22:44:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}