Mercedes B. BEAUDOIN

FLINT, Mich. - Mercedes B. (Beaudoin) Kump, age 84, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at Mclaren Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, September 30, 2005, at St. Luke Catholic Church, 3202 Forest Hill in Flint with Fr. Gary McInnis officiating. Graveside service will be held at noon, Monday, October 3, 2005, at Lakeview Cemetery in Calumet. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road in Flint. A scripture service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Visitation will be at the church from 10 a.m. Friday until the time of the mass.Those desiring may make contributions to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Calumet.Mercedes was born in Calumet on November 23, 1939, and attended Northern Michigan University in Marquette. She was offered a job her junior year to become the first woman observer in the Marquette Weather Bureau. On October 6, 1945, she married Eugene Kump when he was on Naval leave. When Gene mustered out of the Navy, they returned to Calumet. They moved to Flint in 1948 where she concentrated on being a wife, mother, Girl Scout leader and volunteer at Civic Park School in Flint.She was a member of St. Luke Catholic Church where she served as treasurer of the Altar Society. She returned to college to get her teaching degree; graduated from the University of Michigan-Flint in 1972, and received her master's degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1975. She was interested in learning and was an honor student at every institution she attended.She enjoyed students and fellow teachers at Merrill Elementary School where she taught for 11 years.She is survived by her loving family, daughters, Pat (John) Sahakian, Janet (Jack) Ryan, Valerie (Tom) Dutkowski, Elena Kump (Mike Canaday); nine grandchildren, Krista, Jennie, Kevin, Brent, Kellie, Courtney, Jill, Vincent and Olivia; two great-grandchildren, Max and Sophie; a sister, Shirley Ceno of Calumet; and many nieces, nephews and friends.She was preceded in death by her husband, Gen