Edmund E. Brumfield, age 90, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

He was born May 13, 1921, at Jetmore, Kansas, the son of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louise (Gaede) Brumfield. He was a veteran of World War II serving with the United States Army Airborne in the Pacific Theater of Operation from 1942-1945. A resident of Meade for over 80 years he was an entrepreneur and had worked for the state of Kansas.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and reading. On January 4, 1942, he married Ruth Cathryne Mendenhall at Wichita, Kansas.

She precedes him in death on July 22, 2006.

He is survived by:

Two brothers, Donald Brumfield and Stanley Brumfield

Two sisters, Ann DePue and Clastine V. Rippeteau

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, Meade. Inurnment will follow in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

Personal condolences may be given to the family at www.fidlerormebachmanmortuary.com