This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nNABAIB/5592 Message Board Post: Blossom Mumbower, 68, a resident of Farmington since 1983, died Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington. Mrs. Mumbower was born January 19, 1930 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois to Dallas Phillips and Maude (Nance) Phillips. Blossom attended high school in Mt. Vernon and also graduated from there. She moved to New Mexico in 1950 and to San Juan County in 1983. Blossom married Harold Mumbower in 1949, also in Mt. Vernon. He preceded her in death in 1992. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Farmington. Blossom loved bowling and enjoyed traveling. She is survived by three sons, Ron Mumbower of Jackson, MS, Steve Mumbower of Albuquerque, and Kelly Mumbower of San Antonio, TX; a sister, JoAnn Lehde of Spring Hill, FL; a brother, Charles Phillips of Salem, IL; and six grandchildren. Friends may call at Cope Memorial Chapel, 404 W. Arrington in Farmington, Thursday, July 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at First Baptist C! hurch, 511 W. Arrington in Farmington, Friday, July 17, beginning at 9:00 a.m., with her son, Dr. Ron Mumbower officiating. Graveside services will be at the Chester T. French Memorial Mausoleum Chapel, located at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, 924 Menaul NE, in Albuquerque, beginning at 2:00 p.m., also on Friday, July 17. Entombment will follow. Pallbearers will be her sons, Ron Mumbower, Steve Mumbower, and Kelly Mumbower; grandsons, Jeremiah Mumbower, Ryan Mumbower, Alan Mumbower, Evan Mumbower, and Landon Mumbower; also a nephew, Scot Lowery.