Beth Gump

Beth C. Gump, 96, passed away at Good Samaritan Care Center, Omaha, Nebraska on September 24, 2008. Beth was born on August 2, 1912 to Ellen Carlile Siron and Jared Hull Siron in Pleasanton, Kansas. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1930. After high school she attended Normal School training at Emporia State Teachers College and then returned to rural Linn County where she taught school in a one room school house. On August, 21,1941 she married Carl F. Gump at Fulton, Kansas. They met while attending classes at Pittsburg State College. Beth received her Bachelor"s degree from Pittsburg State College.They lived in Elk City, Kansas prior to Carl"s induction into the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1946 they moved to Paola, where they both taught school. After the birth of their daughter, Carla, Beth became a full-time mother and homemaker. She was a member of the Paola United Methodist Church for over 50 years and was active in the United Methodist Women. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the JUN (Just Us Neighbors Club). She loved to work in the yard with her flowers and vegetable garden. She and Carl also spent many hours on his family farm tending the trees they planted. She liked to travel and would keep a diary of her trips.She was a wonderful seamstress and made many of her own clothes. She also enjoyed quilting and cooking, especially baking pies and cookies. She was a very loving woman who was always more concerned about doing for others rather than doing for herself.She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Carl and son-in-law William Hanson, Jr. She is survived by her daughter Carla Hanson, Omaha, Nebr., brother and sister-in-law, Kay and Catherine Siron, Raytown, MO, sister-in-law Frieda Crane, Ames, Iowa, nieces, nephews and cousins.Visitation 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Penwell Gabel Funeral Home. Services on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10:30 a.m., Paola United Methodist Church 209 S. Silver St., Paola, KS. Memorials to the church. United Methodist Church Paola Service: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:30 AM Visitation: Monday, September 29, 2008 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM