TUMA, John^[1]

1861 - 1955  (94 years)

• Name	TUMA, John
  Birth	29 Mar 1861	Cooperstown Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Aug 1955	Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  	Address: Holy Family Hospital
  	Tuma John Tuma, 84, retired Manitowoc County farmer and former school board member, died Sunday evening at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, where he had been a patient a day and a half. He had been residing with a son. Ervin Tuma; on Rt 1, Cato. Funeral services will be at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home. Manitowoc. The Rev A. C. Fischer will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Mr. Tuma was born on Good Friday in 1861 in the Town of Cooperstown, son of the late Wenzel and Anna Kohout Tuma. he married the former Mary Schuster at Kellnersville on Nov. 10, 1891, and the couple moved to the Tuma farm which they operated until 1930. They moved to Maribel, residing there for three years, and then established residence at Manitowoc. Mrs. Tuma died in 1950. For many years Mr. Tuma served on the Greenstreet School Board. Since the death of this wife Mr. Tuma lived alternately with a son, Ervin, and a daughter, Mrs. George Blesener of Wisconsin Rapids. They survive along with another daughter, Miss Otelia Tuma of Chicago, and two grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Manitowoc Herald-Times | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | Monday, August 22, 1955 | Page 13
  Burial	23 Aug 1955	Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Evergreen Cemetery
  	Section P, BLock 16, Loct 6, Space 3
  Person ID	I1787	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	TUMA, Vaclav,   b. 13 Sep 1838, Czech Republic d. 27 Jan 1910, Greenstreet, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 71 years)
  Mother	KOHOUT, Anna,   b. 29 Jun 1837, Borek, Czech Republic d. 26 Jun 1928, Greenstreet, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SHUSTER, Mary,   b. Oct 1869, Kellnersville, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 8 Apr 1950, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1891	Francis Creek, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [3, 4]
  	Address: Mathias Skarda's Hotel
  Children	1. TUMA, Otilia,   b. 30 Jan 1893, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 16 Jul 1980, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 87 years) > 2. TUMA, Oliva,   b. 26 Jan 1897, Wisconsin, United States d. 7 Oct 1990 (Age 93 years)   3. TUMA, Walter,   b. Apr 1900, Wisconsin, United States d. Bef 1955 (Age < 54 years) + 4. TUMA, Ervin William,   b. 20 Apr 1902, Maribel, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 25 Apr 1979, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In 1900 John and Mary and family lived next to Wenzel and Anna in Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, WI In 1910 the family is still living in Cooperstown. Anna Kohout Tuma is living with the family. Evergreen Cemetery [P-16-6]-[John Tuma/d. 08-21-1955/age 94 yrs.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Census - 1880 United States Federal Population Schedule - FamilySearch, Town of Gibson, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; page 11. [S106] Newspaper - Wisconsin - Manitowoc Herald Times - Newspaper Archives, 22 August 1955; Page 13. [S136] Newspaper - Wisconsin - Manitowoc Der Nord Westen abstracts-2manitowoc.com, Marriage of John Tome; marriage announcement; 12 November 1891; viewed online. Marriage of JOHN TOME of Cooperstown, with MARY SCHUNER of Francis Street in Manitowoc, on Tues.(10 Nov.) in Math. Skarda's Hotel, by Justice of the Peace Hubert Falge. (Note: I have no John Tome or Mary Schuner on co. index for this date but do have John Tuma and Mary Shuster) From Der Nord Westen, 12 Nov. 1891 [S130] Newspaper - Wisconsin - Manitowoc Pilot - Newspapers.com, Marriage Tuma-Shuster; wedding announcement; 12 November 1891; page 3; viewed online; 23 January 2023. Married Tuma-Shuster. In this city on Tuesday Nov. 10, by H. Falge, J.P. Mr. John Tuma of Cooperstown and Mary Shuster of Kossuth.