Harry Demain Jump
Harry Demain Jump August 23rd, 1930 to April 4th, 2004
A funeral will begin at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel for Harry D. Jump, who died Sunday, April 4, 2004, in his home in Vancouver. He was 73.
Harry was born Aug. 23, 1930, in Spokane, grew up in Ellensburg, WA, and lived in the Portland and Vancouver area for over 50 years.
He is survived by Nadine, his wife of 52 years; daughter Vanessa Nelson of Portland and her husband Shannon; brother Eugene B. Jump of Ellensburg, WA; sisters Janeice Diefenbach and Colleen Kelleher, both of Ellensburg; and two grand-children, Brandon C. Nelson and B. Tyler Nelson.
Harry was a retired concrete truck driver, and had been a shop steward for Teamsters Union, Local 162, in Portland. Prior to that, he was a signalman in the Navy at the end of World War II. He was a charter member of the Milwaukie Elks Lodge No. 2032, and a member of American Legion Smith-Reynolds Post No. 14.
Throughout his life, Harry enjoyed flying airplanes, buying and selling airplane parts, collecting memorabilia, playing snooker, bowling, listening to music, driving Volkswagens, and doing things his way.
Private burial will be in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
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