IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES DEE CAUMIANT
Jim Caumiant, age 70, of Reno, Nevada, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2002, at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. He was born January 28, 1932, in Mount Harris, Colorado (a small coal mining camp), son of Margaret May Lonsdale and August Caumiant. He married Norma Jean Thornton in Colorado in March 1953. Jim moved his family to Nevada in 1964. He moved around the state of Nevada doing road construction for many years and settled in the Reno area permanently in 1979.
Jim was a member of the Ben Franklin Masonic Lodge in Sparks and was Grandmaster in 1988. He was in the Navy during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1954.
Jim was an Honorary member of the Operating Engineers Union Local 3 for 37 years. He was a very active union member. He retired January 1993 and continued to be very active. He served as executive board member, Grievance board member, election committee member, and most recently served as a lobbyist for Local 3 at the State Legislature. As an executive board member, he was instrumental in the development of the "headquarters" in Alameda, California, where resides a dedication plaque bearing his name.
Some of Jim's loves included hunting, fishing, camping, traveling, and rightmost of all, his family and friends were of the utmost importance to him. Genealogy was another of his loves. He has been tracing family genealogy for the last 15 years and has traced some of his relatives back to the 1500's with the help of the Morman Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where he spent many happy days and weeks browsing.
Survivors include: his wife of almost 50 years, Norma Jean. His children, all of Nevada, include his son Jim Caumiant and wife Lisa of Orovada, daughter June Sexton and husband Dave of Winnemucca and daughter Julie Caumiant of Winnemucca. His grandchildren, also all of Nevada, include grandsons Stash Sexton, DJ Sexton, Dustin Caumiant, Cody Caumiant and granddaughter Jami Caumiant. His sisters include Naomi Zulian and Betty Walker, both of Grand Junction, Colorado, brothers Goerge Tomoff of Kingman, Arizona and John Tomoff of Colorado. His sister-in-law Lorraine Hancock of Spokane, Washington. Also numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Sparks Masonic Building Association, P. O. Box 1202, 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada 89432.
Services are to be held Friday @ 11:am. Reception following in the conference room at WATS Masonic Lodge located at 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada.
Cremation is under the direction of John Sparks Memorial Society.
Jim Caumiant, age 70, of Reno, Nevada, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2002, at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. He was born January 28, 1932, in Mount Harris, Colorado (a small coal mining camp), son of Margaret May Lonsdale and August Caumiant. He married Norma Jean Thornton in Colorado in March 1953. Jim moved his family to Nevada in 1964. He moved around the state of Nevada doing road construction for many years and settled in the Reno area permanently in 1979.
Jim was a member of the Ben Franklin Masonic Lodge in Sparks and was Grandmaster in 1988. He was in the Navy during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1954.
Jim was an Honorary member of the Operating Engineers Union Local 3 for 37 years. He was a very active union member. He retired January 1993 and continued to be very active. He served as executive board member, Grievance board member, election committee member, and most recently served as a lobbyist for Local 3 at the State Legislature. As an executive board member, he was instrumental in the development of the "headquarters" in Alameda, California, where resides a dedication plaque bearing his name.
Some of Jim's loves included hunting, fishing, camping, traveling, and rightmost of all, his family and friends were of the utmost importance to him. Genealogy was another of his loves. He has been tracing family genealogy for the last 15 years and has traced some of his relatives back to the 1500's with the help of the Morman Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where he spent many happy days and weeks browsing.
Survivors include: his wife of almost 50 years, Norma Jean. His children, all of Nevada, include his son Jim Caumiant and wife Lisa of Orovada, daughter June Sexton and husband Dave of Winnemucca and daughter Julie Caumiant of Winnemucca. His grandchildren, also all of Nevada, include grandsons Stash Sexton, DJ Sexton, Dustin Caumiant, Cody Caumiant and granddaughter Jami Caumiant. His sisters include Naomi Zulian and Betty Walker, both of Grand Junction, Colorado, brothers Goerge Tomoff of Kingman, Arizona and John Tomoff of Colorado. His sister-in-law Lorraine Hancock of Spokane, Washington. Also numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Sparks Masonic Building Association, P. O. Box 1202, 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada 89432.
Services are to be held Friday @ 11:am. Reception following in the conference room at WATS Masonic Lodge located at 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada.
Cremation is under the direction of John Sparks Memorial Society.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES DEE CAUMIANT
Jim Caumiant, age 70, of Reno, Nevada, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2002, at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. He was born January 28, 1932, in Mount Harris, Colorado (a small coal mining camp), son of Margaret May Lonsdale and August Caumiant. He married Norma Jean Thornton in Colorado in March 1953. Jim moved his family to Nevada in 1964. He moved around the state of Nevada doing road construction for many years and settled in the Reno area permanently in 1979.
Jim was a member of the Ben Franklin Masonic Lodge in Sparks and was Grandmaster in 1988. He was in the Navy during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1954.
Jim was an Honorary member of the Operating Engineers Union Local 3 for 37 years. He was a very active union member. He retired January 1993 and continued to be very active. He served as executive board member, Grievance board member, election committee member, and most recently served as a lobbyist for Local 3 at the State Legislature. As an executive board member, he was instrumental in the development of the "headquarters" in Alameda, California, where resides a dedication plaque bearing his name.
Some of Jim's loves included hunting, fishing, camping, traveling, and rightmost of all, his family and friends were of the utmost importance to him. Genealogy was another of his loves. He has been tracing family genealogy for the last 15 years and has traced some of his relatives back to the 1500's with the help of the Morman Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where he spent many happy days and weeks browsing.
Survivors include: his wife of almost 50 years, Norma Jean. His children, all of Nevada, include his son Jim Caumiant and wife Lisa of Orovada, daughter June Sexton and husband Dave of Winnemucca and daughter Julie Caumiant of Winnemucca. His grandchildren, also all of Nevada, include grandsons Stash Sexton, DJ Sexton, Dustin Caumiant, Cody Caumiant and granddaughter Jami Caumiant. His sisters include Naomi Zulian and Betty Walker, both of Grand Junction, Colorado, brothers Goerge Tomoff of Kingman, Arizona and John Tomoff of Colorado. His sister-in-law Lorraine Hancock of Spokane, Washington. Also numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Sparks Masonic Building Association, P. O. Box 1202, 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada 89432.
Services are to be held Friday @ 11:am. Reception following in the conference room at WATS Masonic Lodge located at 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada.
Cremation is under the direction of John Sparks Memorial Society.
Jim Caumiant, age 70, of Reno, Nevada, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2002, at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. He was born January 28, 1932, in Mount Harris, Colorado (a small coal mining camp), son of Margaret May Lonsdale and August Caumiant. He married Norma Jean Thornton in Colorado in March 1953. Jim moved his family to Nevada in 1964. He moved around the state of Nevada doing road construction for many years and settled in the Reno area permanently in 1979.
Jim was a member of the Ben Franklin Masonic Lodge in Sparks and was Grandmaster in 1988. He was in the Navy during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in 1954.
Jim was an Honorary member of the Operating Engineers Union Local 3 for 37 years. He was a very active union member. He retired January 1993 and continued to be very active. He served as executive board member, Grievance board member, election committee member, and most recently served as a lobbyist for Local 3 at the State Legislature. As an executive board member, he was instrumental in the development of the "headquarters" in Alameda, California, where resides a dedication plaque bearing his name.
Some of Jim's loves included hunting, fishing, camping, traveling, and rightmost of all, his family and friends were of the utmost importance to him. Genealogy was another of his loves. He has been tracing family genealogy for the last 15 years and has traced some of his relatives back to the 1500's with the help of the Morman Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where he spent many happy days and weeks browsing.
Survivors include: his wife of almost 50 years, Norma Jean. His children, all of Nevada, include his son Jim Caumiant and wife Lisa of Orovada, daughter June Sexton and husband Dave of Winnemucca and daughter Julie Caumiant of Winnemucca. His grandchildren, also all of Nevada, include grandsons Stash Sexton, DJ Sexton, Dustin Caumiant, Cody Caumiant and granddaughter Jami Caumiant. His sisters include Naomi Zulian and Betty Walker, both of Grand Junction, Colorado, brothers Goerge Tomoff of Kingman, Arizona and John Tomoff of Colorado. His sister-in-law Lorraine Hancock of Spokane, Washington. Also numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Sparks Masonic Building Association, P. O. Box 1202, 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada 89432.
Services are to be held Friday @ 11:am. Reception following in the conference room at WATS Masonic Lodge located at 2425 Pyramid Way, Sparks, Nevada.
Cremation is under the direction of John Sparks Memorial Society.
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