Sylvia Z. Bumbar

Sylvia Z. Bumbar, 91, of Aurora Illinois died on July 5, 2018 at Fox Knoll Retirement community in Aurora, Illinois. She was born September 6, 1926, in Aurora. Sylvia was a lifelong member of St. George Byzantine Catholic Church of Aurora. After she graduated from East Aurora High school, her first job was working in Chicago helping to register pedigreed dogs. With her interest in finding a job closer to home, she began working at the Aurora Home Building and Loan where she later retired after over 40 years and where she so enjoyed helping and visiting with the many customers that specifically came to ask for her help. Over her lifetime in Aurora, she was a member of many social organizations, with some of her fondest family memories, from her fifty-year membership at the Aurora Country club. She first learned to play golf from her husband, Julius, shortly after they were married on June 26, 1954. She enjoyed her times playing golf not only with family and friends, but in the Aurora Country Club Women’s Golf League and later in life at the Bliss Creek Women’s Golf League. She further enjoyed her winter seasons, with her bowling friends and bridge club gatherings. During their earlier years, Sylvia and Julius especially enjoyed their vacations with family to Florida and South Carolina. After her husband’s passing in 1989, she enjoyed her many trips with her son David and with friends and family to New York, Alaska, France, England, Washington DC, Las Vegas and many other fun destinations. She further and routinely looked forward to her breakfast gatherings with her “old Neighborhood gang” and her “French Riviera Group”. She is survived by her son David (Celia) Bumbar and her nieces and nephews, Stephen (Debbie) Ziman, Suzanne (the late, Jack) Beane, Candace (Gail) Goldman, Penny Ziman, Kathleen (the late Harold) O’brien and cousins Joanne (the late Joe) Macaluso and Pauline (Fred) Thomas-Brown, all of whom she so dearly enjoyed spending time with. She was preceded in death by her parents Stephen and Julia (Turtzi) Ziman, her brothers and their wives Stephen (Lela) Ziman and John (Louise) Ziman, her Aunt and Uncle Paulina and Peter Piskoran and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Louis and Flora Bumbar. She also would want to extend a special Thank you to her son’s extended family (the Rzeppa’s) for the many years of family friendship they so warmly provided. Lastly, a special Thank you for the particularly warm and especially attentive care she received from all the care givers at Fox Knoll and the recent care she received from Rainbow Hospice. Funeral services will be Monday, July 9, 2018 at 1:00pm at THE DALEIDEN MORTUARY, 220 N. Lake St. Aurora, IL. 60506. Fr. Frederick Peterson, O.S.B. will officiate with interment in St. Michael Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday morning from 11:00 am until the funeral hour at 1:00pm at THE DALEIDEN MORTUARY. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be written to Fox Knoll (ATTN: Business Office), with “In Memory of Sylvia Bumbar” in the memo line and sent to: 421 N. Lake St. Aurora, IL. 60506, or to Rainbow Hospice.

Sylvia Z. Bumbar

September 6, 1926 - July 5, 2018