Marjorie "Marni" (Brown) Jump
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Vail Daily - June 26, 2011
Marjorie Brown “Marnie†Jump, 92, of Denver, formerly of Vail, died Thursday.
She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., to McCleane and Helen Brown. She was educated at the Ethel Walker School and Bennington College. She served in the Navy in World War II
After the war, she moved to Colorado, where she and her husband, Larry Jump, founded Arapahoe Basin Ski area.
Marnie was a member of the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. She became a full-time resident of Vail after her husband's death. She was a beloved member of the Vail community for nearly 20 years.
She attended the Church of Transfiguration. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a volunteer at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens and Vail Valley Clinic.
Survivors include son McCleane Jump and daughters Patricia McCray and Alice Jump.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St John's Cathedral in Denver.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Church of Transfiguration in Vail.
Horan McConaty Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Vail Daily page A7 - June 28, 2011
Marni Jump brought joy to her Vail friends
Jump, a World War II and ski industry veteran, died last week at age 92
Scott N. Miller
smiller@vaildaily.com
Vail, CO Colorado.
VAIL, Colorado — Whenever the Vail Valley's veterans started talking about Marni Jump, one word came unbidden to just about everyone: “lady.†Monday, several locals were mourning Jump, who died at an assisted living facility in Denver. She was 92.
Mike Mathias of Vail had known Jump for many years, and the two had become close friends.
“She was a lady, first foremost and forever,†Mathias said. “That's what came up whenever we'd talk about her.â€
Jump, who served in the Navy, mostly in Hawaii, during World War II, was part of that service's signal corps. That job required her to carry some of the war's most important documents to and from some of its best-known leaders. Jump never knew whose those messages were meant for, or what they discussed, and never talked much about her wartime job.
“She never thought about looking,†Mathias said.
After the war, Jump met and married her husband, Larry, who had already started the Arapaho Basin Ski Area.
“She helped build the ski industry as we know it,†said Father Brooks Keith of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Vail, who was her minister for many years.
“They were a partner deal, in business and in raising a family,†Keith said. That involvement in the business earned Jump a spot in the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, next to her husband.
While the Jumps had owned a condo in Vail since the early 1970s, Marni didn't move to the valley full time until Larry's death in the 1980s. She immediately started making her presence felt in the community.
She was active in the local veterans group, and would always participate in anything to do with the 10th Mountain Division, of which Larry had been a member.
“She had a strong dedication to the 10th after marrying Larry,†longtime friend Earl Clark said from his Denver-area home. “She'd participate in every 10th Mountain Division event she could.â€
Mathias remembered that Jump would lay a wreath at the 10th Mountain Division monument at Ski Cooper in Larry's memory every Memorial Day, then link up with other division veterans.
Keith said Jump was a big part of the local Episcopal congregation and the Vail Interfaith Chapel.
“She helped us through some challenging days,†Kieth said.
Jump was also part of the congregation's committee that hosted weddings.
“Couples would often stop a rehearsal to talk to her, and talk about skiing at A-Basin,†Keith said.
Jump was friends with astronaut Scott Carpenter, President Gerald Ford, and was an early, active supporter of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.
Working with local veterans, Jump would often go out to local schools, and helped the drive to make the Freedom Park memorial a reality.
Edwards resident Buddy Sims is active in local veterans activities, and remembered that Jump always enjoyed going out to the schools.
“She'd shake the kids hands, and really enjoyed meeting them,†Sims said.
While Jump's mobility was limited in her later years, she was a skier through and through, Keith said.
“She got her second hip replacement when she was 80 so she could continue skiing,†he said. “Her passing is a great loss for all of us.â€
Business Editor Scott N. Miller can be reached at 970-748-2930 or smiller@vaildaily.com.
Vail Daily page A9 - July 15, 2011
Marnie Jump memorial Aug. 14. VAIL, Colorado — A memorial service for longtime Vail resident Marnie Jump will be Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. at the Vail Interfaith Chapel.The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Vail Valley, in conjunction with the Jump family is pleased to announce a local memorial celebration for Jump.
Jump led an active life in the Vail Valley as a member of the Episcopal Church, the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Vail Religious Foundation Board, The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival Volunteer Guild and many other community organizations. She joined her husband, 10th Mountain Division Veteran Larry Jump, as an inductee into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame for co-founding and operating the Arapahoe Basin ski area.
The community is invited to join Jump's family and friends for this celebration. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jump's name can be made to the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, P.O. Box 1000, Vail, 81658 or to the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame, 231 S. Frontage Road, Vail, 81657-3616 or by going to www.skimuseum.net. For further information, call 970-476-0618.
