Herman Stump, a principal in a family insurance company who was widely known as an active churchman and volunteer, died May 12, 2013, of complications from a fall and pneumonia. He was 87.
He never used his first name (Augustine) and was known to all as “Humpy.”
Born in Baltimore and raised in Owings Mills, Md., Humpy was a 1944 graduate of Gilman School. He entered Princeton before joining the Navy, then returned to graduate in 1950. He and his wife, Louise (nee Warfield), lived in a log cabin on a 15-acre farm in Reiserstown. They shared an abiding interest in fox hunting and horses.
Humpy’s greatest interest was in local volunteering — for a soup kitchen, a men’s shelter, a job-placement service, and his church. His faith and kindness toward others was genuine.
One friend noted, “There was nothing unctuous, sugary, schmaltzy, or saccharine about him.” Truman Semans ‘48, a classmate and a friend since childhood, added: “He was a great human being and one of the most caring men I’ve ever known.”
Louise died in 2012. Humpy is survived by his son and daughter; his brother, Dawson; and five grandchildren.