Lorene Gump Lorene GumpSYRACUSE – Lorene Gump, 90, of North Webster, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Lorene Mae Bunn Gump spent her life putting others first. Growing up with six brothers, she was lovingly called "Sis" by both family and friends.
Lorene grew up in the Fort Wayne area. She graduated from Central High School in 1946.
She married Lloyd Gump in 1948. Lorene and Lloyd raised three children on a farm in the Huntertown area. After they retired, they moved to Webster Lake in North Webster to enjoy lake life in the summers and spent the winter months at their home on Fort Myers Beach.
Lorene was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband, Lloyd Gump; son, James; grandsons, Kurt, Jonathan and Giovanni; her parents, Clarence and Dorothy Bunn; and six brothers, Robert, James, Dean, Paul, Ronald and Gary. Lorene is now reunited with her loved ones in heaven.
Lorene is survived by her three children: Cindy (Bruce) Pierce, of Leesburg; Bill (Robin) Gump, of The Villages, Fla.; and Becky (Dennis) Prater, of Auburn; grandchildren: Ben (Maggie) Brunner, Kari Cain, Elizabeth (Brian) O'Connor, Jodi Shepler, Jamie (Gene) Losito, Jill (Sean) Stebing, Samantha Gump and Hallie Metze; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday, Oct. 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse. Services will be held Monday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Myron Drent officiating. Burial will follow at the Huntertown Cemetery.
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Memorials The Dixie Sternwheeler or to the North Webster Community Center.
