All our love to Andrea, Mike, Joey, Nick & all of the Dumke family.  We are separated from our loved ones just in this brief lifetime, but our souls are joined for eternity.

Zeke - I'm sorry to hear about the passing of your mother. I know this is a huge loss to both you and your family. She and your dad raised a terrific son. It's a sweet blessing to know that we are sealed to our families and that we can see each other again. Wishing you peace my good friend...

Dearest Zeke and Family,
I was so sorry to hear of Kay's passing. What a wonderful woman she was and how she shared her gifts with so many. It was an honor to have known Kay. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Much love to you all,
Dale Snyder

Dear Betsy, I'm so sorry to hear of your mother's passing.  After reading the condolences to your family, seeing her many impressive accomplishments, all the service rendered and heartfelt compliments and expressions of admiration, I'm convinced you must have been heir to all her beautiful traits.  Add me to the list of friends who are sending kind thoughts and prayers for you at this difficult time. Lots of love to you and your family.

Dear Mr. Dumke, Zeke, Betsy, Andrea and Claire:
We are so saddened to hear of Mrs. Dumke's passing.  She was a lovely woman, and she raised a wonderful family.  I remember how gentile and kind she was, and always very gracious.  So sorry for your loss.  
Fondly, Lisa Melroy Coffin, Shannon Melroy Robinson, and everyone at Melroy Travel.

Andrea, Mike and family,
     Please accept Kathie's and my sympathy in the loss of your mom.  Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers at this time.
Greg and Kathie Disy

What a beautiful obituary for an amazing woman.  How lucky you all are to be part of such a loving family!

My thoughts are with you.  Lyn Modling Fisher

I have thought of your family so many times. All the opportunities that Kay and Zeke had given me.  I used all of the wisdom, love and guidance all through my life.  I will never forget that.  Kay was the most gracious of anyone I have ever known. I know that my garden grows due to her advice.  I will never forget all that you have given me.  The love of the garden, of reading and the theatre. And most important, is helping others. Oh, one more thing:  Company carrots in the Jr. League Heritage cookbook.   Love you, Kay.

Dear Claire, Betsy, Zeke, Andrea and Mr. Dumke, and Dumke family. Please accept our sincere condolences and love for you and your family as you experience the passing of your sweet Mother. We pray for Heaven's Peace and comfort to be with you.
With love and support.

She was a wounderful person that I met for the first time in 1983 and she has stayed in my heart ever since that !!

It was always so good to look out from the pulpit at 1st Presbyterian Church on occasion to see you, Zeke and your dear wife Kay, there on my left about half way back, taking in the music and spoken word. 
So with prayer and appreciation, I want to express sympathy in this difficult time. Yet with hope in Christ our gracious Savior.

While I read Mrs. Dumke's life story, I can only think how much she embraced life experiences and shared nature's passion to her children. I am blessed to have experienced this life lesson through Mrs. Dumke's youngest daughter Andrea, who eagerly shows me nature's beautiful offerings, because she too continues to cultivate her family's tradition of teaching us kindness, for not only our earth but for mankind. Our community is a better place to live because of Mrs. Katherine W. Dumke.

Dear Dumke Family
     Our hearts ache for you . Kay was the epitome of grace.  She has left her children an zing legacy. It is with great sorrow that we say goodbye.

Hello To Zeke II and III.  I'm sorry to hear of Kay's passing and hope you have many long-held memories of her.  She was a very very nice lady.  Matt Clark

We have all lost a dear friend and beautiful woman.  She was an example and inspiration to me.  My sincere sympathy,
 Susan Turner Mannos

Dear Zeke III, family and extended family, I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your wonderful mother/wife/grandmother. It is a difficult, literally once-in-a-lifetime loss. Kay was a remarkable woman. Words like grace, class and elegance, among many others, come quickly to mind. But her key traits show up in how she and Zeke Jr. raised such a wonderful family - educated, productive, talented, adventurous, personable, serving, caring and filled with love for others. That's her real legacy (a mirror of her) and what I'm sure makes her most proud. In Zeke III, she raised a great man and one of my very dearest lifelong friends. I'm grateful for that. On behalf of the McKay family, we send our love and condolences. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

I had the great pleasure of meeting Kay and Zeke last winter in Palm Springs at a small reception before a Los Angeles Philharmonic concert. I was accompanying my mom and step-dad, Sue and Walker Wallace. I still remember how kind and gracious Kay and Zeke were to me. And now, as the violin teacher at The Madeleine Choir School, I see the same qualities in wonderful young Evelyn. I am so very grateful that I had the opportunity to meet Kay and Zeke. My thoughts are with your family.
- Lynn Rilling

As a supporter of Utah Gymnastics she will be remembered by those gymnasts and families who benefitted from her largess. Our daughter, Jacquelyn I. Johnson, was a Ute gymnast 2007-2011, and we parents, Chuck and Angie Johnson thank the Dumke family for their amazing support of this storied program of athletics and education. May she rest in peace and her family find solace in the community service she rendered during her life.

Her kindness, generosity and giving spirit will live long. Her life, well lived,inspires many.

Peeches Cederholm

We will really REALLY miss her.  Such a good friend.  Such a good person.  Such fun to be with.

On behalf of the Coleman family -- Clair, Kaye and Jolie -- I convey  our deepest sympathy on the passing of your wife and mother; a community icon and graceful lady. Kay was the consummate volunteer and everything she undertook was a success because of her commitment to make things better.  Take heart, Kay will continue to live on within you, and her legacy will live on around us.

She was a gift to our world and will be sadly missed by so many whose lives she touched. I revered her as an icon of elegance and grace.  Dear Zeke, Betsey and family, I am so sorry for your loss.

The world has lost a wonderful and elegant woman.

Our sincere condolences from our Family to yours- Rest in Peace Dear Katherine-
The Scott's- Sarah, Jeff, and our three sons- Shepard, Samuel, and Angus

Andrea and family - my sincere and deep regrets for the loss of your mother.

Dear Dumke's, I am sorry to hear of your mother's passing. I know how important she was to you. May you feel the peace of the Savior at this special time. We miss seeing all of you and you will be in our prayers. 

Randy Read and Family

She was an amazing woman. Sending you all my thoughts and love..

Dear Zeke III - I am sorry to hear of your mother's passing.  I know that she raised a great son and had a wonderful influence wherever she went.  May the Lord bless you, your father and family.  Abracos de seu irmao.  Paulo Bangerter

I am so sorry to learn of Kay's passing.   She was such a wonderful lady and did much for the University of Utah and the College of Nursing.   My sympathy to her husband and children who I know will miss her very much. 
Linda K Amos
Dean and Professor Emeritus
College of Nursing.
University of Utah

I am so sorry to hear that Mrs. Dumke has passed away.  She was an inspiration to me and I always looked forward to seeing her.   I am very grateful for her support of Girl Scouts which and she loved hearing that my daughter was a Scout as well.  I will certainly miss her.

OBITUARY

Katherine White Dumke

6 November, 1929 – 16 November, 2014

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary

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