In 2019, soon after we purchased this property, we were fortunate to meet the daughters (and families) of Win J. Mumma. Win and his wife Maurine owned this home from the ’70s, until Win’s passing in 2003. Maurine lived here a few years on her own, then moved into town to a more manageable property.

It started with a simple comic book that the sellers of the home handed to us, and the research began. This is the comic book that most Husker fans never knew. A very unfortunate misprint kept the comic book from going into circulation. However, you can still find it online from time-to-time.

Win and Maurine’s daughters confirmed what I soon suspected. Their father, Win, was the designer of the Huskers script logo – designed right here in the Olde Farm house for a whopping $75.00! Too bad Win didn’t accidently leave the original here!

Win was man of strong faith, a gifted artist, a man who loved to laugh, and an ardent Husker fan who designed Husker posters and much more in the 70’s and 80’s. Once source of my research was a now removed article by Tim Siedell in Hail Varsity magazine. Unfortunately, that specific edition has been taken down, but if you have the September, 2012 edition of Hail Varsity Magazine, you can read about Win, his posters, and a little about this house.

Another Husker relic created in this house was the 1981 Big 8 Shootout poster. For obvious reasons, this poster probably wouldn’t fly in this day and age, but at the time, it was a huge hit.

You can also learn a little more about Win in this blog post from 2018 from the Plainsman Museum in Aurora. A large mural, painted by Win – right here in the parlor, now hangs in the museum.

Win also created a line of Christian “Cosmics” starting in 1978. Unfortunately, there’s not much more online about Win and Maurine, but I still run across a little nugget from time-to-time.

Do you have or know anything about Win? Let us know!