Born on Feb 18, 1902 to Melvin Willard Pumphrey and Mary E. Hopkins Pumphrey. William Alpheus Pumphrey passed away on May 8, 1967, at the age of 65 and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Lancaster, Iowa, United States. William Alpheus Pumphrey was married to Juanita Mae Ostrander Pumphrey and had 2 children: Frances Irene Pumphrey, Dolores Mae Pumphrey Mccaleb.