Delbert ‘Buzz’ Raymond Hummel
Buzz (Delbert) Hummel, age 87 of Morris, Minnesota, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at his home in Morris, MN due to heart & lung complications.
Visitation for Buzz Hummel will be held Thursday, March 20, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris, MN.
Funeral services for Buzz (Delbert) Hummel will be at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris, MN, with a light lunch to follow.
Please bring your favorite Buzz stories and memories to share.
Private interment will be held in Walnut Grove later this year.
Buzz was “hatched on a fencepost” and baptized June 6th, 1937 in Redwood Falls, MN to Raymond and Erna (Gilb) Hummel. He grew up in Walnut Grove, MN where his street smarts quickly outgrew his need for formal education, leaving the 9th grade to operate earth-moving equipment with his dad. He enjoyed classic cars and rock & roll music with his friends.
On a sunny December day in 1956 he married his childhood sweetheart Barb Byers, with whom he enjoyed 32 years and two children before her passing in March of 1988. In June of 2001, he remarried to Chris [Bisping] Hopkins in Morris, MN and started parenthood all over again with her four children.
Buzz started driving commercial trucks at 22, and didn’t stop until over 5 million miles later on his 87th birthday, having driven all 49 continental states and all but 1 Canadian Province. He absolutely loved meeting people, swapping stories, and sharing jokes along the way. When he wasn’t operating 18 wheels he loved to ride motorcycles, play cards, spend time with family, camping, and falling asleep with the remote in his hands.
He is survived by his wife: Christine; siblings: Gene “Butch” (Evie Farr) Hummel, Annie Hummel, Diane Bisping, Marnie (Neal) Glessing; children: Ray (Joyce) Hummel, Bernie (Bob) Hayes, TJ (Kay) Hopkins, Tad (Kirstin) Hopkins, Trevor (Athena Aitken) Hopkins, and Shandi (Tom) Zelinske; grandchildren Chad (Steph) Hummel, Amy Hummel, and Leah, Ben, Luke, Kinsley, Taylor, and Theo Hopkins; great-grandchildren Kylie (Trevor), Mariah (Matt), Emilee, and Makenzee; and great-great-grandchildren Kaysen and Aubree. With Buzz’s prodigious family tree, there are nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends too numerous to list.
He was preceded in death by his first wife: Barb; his parents, sisters: Darlene (Lloyd) Haring, Elvera (Vic) Kohlnhofer, and Beverly (David) Zinter; his brother: Glenn; Chris’s parents: Roy and Irene Bisping; and brother: Richard.
In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family suggests that you make a donation to your favorite non-profit or charity. Two of Buzz’s favorites were the Special Olympics and Hospice Care.
Arrangements are with Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, MN.
