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1/14/2002 Obituaries - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal -- (newspaper)
Lester Mumma, former SICO president dies
Lester Mumma, 87, former president of SICO Oil Co., Mount Joy, died of natural causes Saturday morning at Oak Leaf Manor North, where he had lived nine months. Mumma formerly lived at 34 N. Stergis Lane, Lititz, and 12 W. Donegal St. Mount Joy.
He began with SICO Oil Co. in the 1930s as a salesman, worked his way up as a manager and retired as president of the company. After retirement he worked as a night auditor at Hotel Brunswick from 1970 to 1980 and worked at state liquor stores in Lititz and East Town Mall for 10 years, retiring in 1983.
A 1932 graduate of the former Mount Joy High School, Mumma attended the first Lancaster Business School.
He was a lifelong member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church,Mount Joy, where he sang in the choir and for weddings. A 32nd-degree Mason, he was a member and Past Master of Casiphia Lodge 551, Free & Accepted Masons, Mount Joy; Lancaster Lodge of Perfection; Harrisburg Consistory; and Zembo Temple Shrine. Mumma also was a charter member of Lancaster AAA and a former member of Conestoga Country Club, Mount Joy Lions Club and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Columbia.
He was an avid golfer, hunter and fisherman. Born in Mount Joy, he was a son of the late Albert H. and Anna Mary Myers Mumma. His wife, Eleanor Fackler Mumma, dies in 1979.
Surviving are two daughters, Jean F., married to Joseph Martin of Lititz, and Sue C., married to Lewis R. Craven Sr. of Bainbridge; five grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Howard.