Carolyn Agatha, the daughter of Marcellin and Aglonia (Martin) LeCompte was born September 6, 1922 in Bourg, Louisiana. She graduated from high school in Louisiana and from business school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to her marriage she worked for a business in New Orleans. Carolyn was united in marriage with Melvin A. Krumm on December 31, 1942 at the St. Augustine Cathedral in St. Augustine, Florida. Mel preceded her in death on September 4, 2002.
Carolyn’s death occurred Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, after a short illness. She was eighty-eight years old. Carolyn was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sumner and had been attending St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Waverly. Carolyn was an avid reader and golfer, she enjoyed playing cards, travelling with her husband, going out with her friends to the casinos, staying in Texas during the winter, and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Carolyn is survived by seven children, Madeleine, James, Jacqueline, Karl, Karen, Gary, and Laura; twenty four grandchildren; and nineteen great grandchildren.
Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband, Mel; her parents; three brothers, Meade, Horace, and Aaron LeCompte; and two sisters, Dorothy Bergeron and Jeanne Adams.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 27, 2011, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Waverly with Rev. Ken Stecher officiating. Burial will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, rural Sumner. Friends may call from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Sunday, June 26, 2011, at Rettig Funeral Home in Tripoli and for one hour before services at the church on Monday.
