Ron Lumb - 1963 Bio for 50th Reunion Pictures from 2002 See Ron's Pictorial History Ron you are the man on Old Pictures! Thanks!                                            With son, Jeff (34)                  With brother, Kenny (1959 Kewpie) June 2002   Ron Lumb - January 3, 2012 After graduation I went to the University of Missouri and received a Bachelor of Forestry degree from MU and joined the Missouri Department of Conservation in February 1968. I spent 18 months at Ellington, Missouri, as an Assistant District Forester. I was transferred to Houston, Missouri in 1969 and worked there for five years as Resource Forester, assisting private landowners with timber management. In 1975 I was transferred to St. Joseph, Missouri to work with rural fire departments on tactics for fighting forest fires and obtaining excess military equipment they could use to fight fires. I left the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1986 to join a lawn care company and develop a tree car division for them. I bought the tree care part of the business in 1988 and have run my own company since then. I married Nancy Embrey on September 3, 1966. We have two sons; Jeffrey born in 1969 and Bill born in 1973. Jeffrey presented us with 2 granddaughters ages, 14 and 5 and Bill presented us with another granddaughter in 2010. I have kept in touch with Jesse Yeager, Charley Blackmore and Buddy Lewis. I have not fully retired but have slowed down what I do. I am working with a young man and we are working on a way for him to buy the business while I keep my hand in the operation. I still enjoy playing golf. I am not very good but that doesn't bother me I still enjoy it. We still live in St. Joseph in the home we bought in 1976. Look forward to seeing people at the 50th reunion. See Ron's Pictorial History Back to Directory