Arnold G. Gumpman
Meat salesman
Arnold "Andy" G. Gumpman, a longtime meat salesman in the Baltimore-Washington area, died Friday of cancer at his home in Towson. He was 67.
The Baltimore native, who grew up in Westport, worked for John Morrell and Co. until his retirement in 1989. He used the name Andy so customers would remember his name by associating it with the old Andy Gump comic strip, his family said.
Before going to work for Morrell in 1960, he was a salesman for Swift Meat Co. and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Mr. Gumpman served in the Navy as a yeoman after graduating from Mount St. Joseph High School in 1945. Later, as a Naval reservist, he served in the Korean conflict in 1950.
He and his wife, the former Helen L. Kane, traveled extensively during their 45 years of marriage. They had visited every state in the continental United States and many Canadian provinces, Mrs. Gumpman said.
In recent years, Mr. Gumpman learned wood-carving. He liked to carve ducks and swans, his wife said.
A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 10 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues, Towson.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Kathleen G. Stilling of Towson and Sharon L. Miller of Catonsville; and three grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice of Baltimore, 6701 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21204.
Hilda R. Jordan
C&P; supervisor
Hilda R. Jordan, a retired administrative supervisor for the former Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., died Friday of a heart condition at Mercy Medical Center. She was 85.
Miss Jordan supervised employee activities at C&P; for nearly 50 years until her retirement in 1974. She also had been president and executive secretary of the Maryland Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America.
The Baltimore native, who had lived in Northwood since 1952, was a member of Zonta International, a business and professional women's service club, and had been governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of the District III chapter. She was a member of the Mother Seton House on North Paca Street since 1974, serving in executive offices and on the board of directors.
A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5300 N. Charles St.
Survivors include a brother, A. Stuart Jordan of Towson; three sisters, Virginia J. Lyons of Napa Valley, Calif., and Mary E. Jordan and Frances J. Ford, both of Baltimore; and several nieces and nephews. Another brother, the Rev. Herbert R. Jordan, died in 1972.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mother Seton House, 600 N. Paca St., Baltimore 21201.
Kathryn Kaufman
Ruxton resident
Kathryn Bowen Kaufman, who accompanied her husband on foreign service assignments in New Delhi, India; Stockholm, Sweden; and Kingston, Jamaica, died Friday of emphysema at Long Green Nursing Center. She was 79.
Her husband, Walter Jackson Kaufman, retired from the foreign service in 1973 and the couple settled in Ruxton.
During World War II, Mrs. Kaufman taught elementary school in Easton.
She attended St. Mary's Episcopal School in Raleigh, N.C., and was a 1932 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory.
In 1935 she graduated from Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Kaufman was an avid reader, with a keen interest in the arts, religion and philosophy.
She also collected antiques.
In addition to her husband of 56 years, she is survived by a daughter, Suzanne "Sandy" Whistler Kaufman of Towson; a son, Bowen "Chip" Jackson Kaufman of Sugarloaf Mountain; a sister, Ann Bowen McElroy of Ruxton; and three grandchildren.
A memorial service was to be held at 2 p.m. today at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Carrollton Avenue, Ruxton.