Martin E. “Marty” Dumler, 74, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2024 at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell.
Marty was born March 8, 1950 in Russell, Kansas. He was the son of Elroy George and Fern M. (Bloom) Dumler. He grew up in Russell and graduated from Russell High School in the Class of ’68 and served as FFA chapter president his senior year. He attended Kansas State University briefly before transferring to the Beloit Welding School.
Marty was united in marriage to Constance S. “Connie” Brown on January 22, 1993. They made their home in rural Russell, on the farm where Marty grew up.
Marty was a Farmer and Rancher most of his life. After completing welding school, he worked as a welder for Bernie Erbert Co., but soon returned to his agricultural roots. In his youth he worked with a custom harvesting operation and cut wheat from Kansas to Montana. He joined the American Ag Movement in the late 1970s and drove his tractor to the capitol in Topeka to advocate for family farmers and the way of life he loved. He served on the Co-Op Board in Gorham as well as the Water District Board. He later became a crop insurance agent with Protection Plus before opening Dumler Crop Insurance in 2006.
Marty was a proud and dedicated single dad who curled hair, baked cupcakes, and led Cub Scout meetings between working cattle, and hanging wallpaper on the side. He did carpentry, laid brick, built fences. He was a skilled mechanic and an excellent cook. If it needed done Marty could do it, and he would do anything to help his friends.
The Christian faith was a huge part of Marty’s life. He played church volleyball, attended bible study, and raised his children in the church. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church where he served as a Sunday school teacher and made soup for the Soup Suppers for many years.
When the work was done Marty loved to shoot the shit, drink a beer, play pitch, and get you with a “knothole. He and Connie absolutely loved to jitterbug and if there was a dance floor, they were cutting a rug whenever they had the chance.
Marty was well loved, and will be sorely missed.
His surviving family includes Connie, his wife of 31 years; his three children, Heath
Dumler of Saint Joseph, Missouri, Lacey Dumler and husband Philippe Forest of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Darci Baker and husband Randy of Russell, Kansas; sister, June Gfeller of Olathe, Kansas; and six grandchildren, Austin, Brandon, Madeline, Myla, Lucy and Walden.
Marty was preceded in death by his parents; twin sister, Edith Dreiling; and grandson Joshua Bachar.
Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, June 14, 2024 at St. John Lutheran Church in Russell. Burial will follow in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Russell. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, June 13, 2024, at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary in Russell with the family present to greet friends from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Memorials have been established with the FFA of Russell High School or St. John Lutheran Church. Contributions and condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary who is in charge of these arrangements.