Stanley Shumway

July 9, 1919 – July 29, 2007

Stanley Eugene Shumway, 88, of Nokomis, Fla., died Sunday, July, 29, 2007.

He was born July 9, 1919, in Waldron, Mich., and has been a resident of Nokomis and Canada for the last 20 years. He was owner of Shumway’s Flowers in Tiffin before he retired.

Mr. Shumway was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, serving on a ship that made the Murmansk run. He received the Liberty Medal for his service during the war.

Surviving family members include his wife, Betty Lou Shumway of Nokomis; a brother, Robert Shumway of Silver Springs, Fla.; daughters, Jane (John) Wetzel of New Riegel, Dorothy Ann (Rudy) Hollingsworth of Taylorsville, N.C., Barb (William) Shumway of Tiffin, Peggy Long of Peoria, Ariz., and Susan (Ed) Moerder of Mesa, Ariz.; sons, John (Ethel) Shumway of Bellevue, Kevin (Janet) Shumway of Pickerington, Kermit Long Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz., and Ken (Karen) Long of Lebanon, Ore.; 19 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Shumway; wife, Helen Benner Shumway; and parents.

Services will be held at a later date in Tiffin.