Melvin W (Ted) Sumner

1914 - 2001  (87 years)

• Name	Melvin W (Ted) Sumner
  Nickname	Ted
  Born	15 Sep 1914	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Dec 2001	Amarillo, Randall County, Texas
  Person ID	I6574	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Walter Levi Sumner,   b. 16 May 1888, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 26 Mar 1972, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Maude E Murrow Sumner,   b. 25 Apr 1891, Adrian, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Feb 1976, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 84 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1910	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		Anniversary- Sumner, Walter and Maude anniversary The children of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sumner, Mayetta, will honor their parents upon the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary Sunday, Mar. 29, with a reception at the Delia Grade School. Friends and relatives are asked to call between three and five o’clock p.m. The couple asks that no gifts be presented. There are nine living children: Mrs. Chester Lutz, Mayetta; John Sumner, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Ted Sumner, Hereford, Tex.; Ray Sumner, Tacoma, Wash.; Everett Sumner, and Bob Sumner, Delia; Dale Sumner, and Don Sumner, Topeka; Bill Sumner, of Manhattan. A son, Cleve Sumner, died in 1963. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner were married Apr. 4, 1910, in Topeka. They have 31 grandchildren, and 36 great-grandchildren.
  Family ID	F5263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Lee Houck Sumner,   b. 27 Oct 1915, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 30 May 2022, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas  (Age 106 years)
  Married	3 Aug 1935	Colby, Thomas County, Kansas
  	Virginia's obituary says they were married on August 3, 1933.
  Children	1. Phyllis Jane Sumner Boston,   b. 1940   2. Ted Sumner, Jr.,   b. 1936
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2023 23:58:03
  Family ID	F5848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Sumner, Melvin Melvin “Ted” Sumner Melvin "Ted" Sumner, 87, Amarillo, TX, died Monday, December 24, 2001 in Amarillo, TX. He was born September 15, 1914, in rural Delia, the son of Walter and Maude Murrow Sumner. He was a self-taught mechanic and had been a tool-died designer for Boeing Aircraft building B-29 airplanes during World War II. He and his wife started a custom combining business in 1947 and, when he retired in 1987, the business had six combines, seven trucks, multiple grain trailers, and a work force of more than 12 3mployees. On August 3, 1935, he married Virginia Houck in Colby. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Phyllis Boston, Amarillo, TX; a son, Ted Sumner, Amarillo, TX; a sister, Ethel Lutz, Holton; five brothers, Raymond Sumner, Lakewood, Wa., Robert Sumner, St. Marys, Dale Sumner, Estes Park, CO., Don Sumner, Topeka, Bill Sumner, McAllen, TX; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m., Thursday at Kingswood United Methodist Church in Amarillo, TX. Memorial contributions may be made to BSA Hospice and sent in care of Olivia's Angels, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176; or to the charity of the donor's choice. Schooler Funeral Home in Amarillo, TX was in charge of arrangements.