Howard V. Rumsey

Dundee, NY December 16, 1926 – August 30, 2012 Age 85

Howard V. Rumsey

Dundee: Howard V. Rumsey, age 85, of the Town of Tyrone, NY, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, NY. Friends may call from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 4) at the Baird Funeral Home, 36 Water Street, Dundee, NY, where a funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 5) with Rev. Harry Staiti officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Hammondsport, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, Finger Lakes Chapter, 2113 Chili Ave., Rochester, NY 14624.

Howard was born December 16, 1926, in Bath, NY, the son of the late Charles and Maude Strait Rumsey. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, having been in the Sea Bee Battalion as an equipment operator in occupied Japan. On Sept. 4, 1948, in Bath, NY, he married the former Doris G. Avery. A lifelong local resident, Howard worked as a heavy equipment operator in construction for many years for Dalrymple Construction of Elmira. The majority of his life was spent working alongside his wife in the rental property business and as owners of Dottie's Mobile Homes in Dundee. The word retirement was not in either of their vocabularies.

He is loved and will be dearly missed by his wife of 64 years, Doris G. Rumsey, at home; 5 sons, James Rumsey of Tyrone, Samuel H. (Darlene) Rumsey of Dundee, Christopher S. Rumsey of Hammondsport, Terry Rumsey of Wayne, Howard T. Rumsey of Dundee; 3 daughters, Linda Rumsey of Dundee, Robbin C. (Harold) Rider, and Candy LaBar, both of Tyrone; 21 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; a sister, Helen Schoeffler of Bath; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

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