Columbus, NC-Doris (Dorie) Andrews Rumsey, 91 years old, widow of Robert Elliot Rumsey passed peacefully from this life to the next on July 11th at Tryon Estates in Columbus, North Carolina. Born in Albany, New York, she was the daughter of the late Harold F. Andrews and Lillian F. Andrews. She graduated from Albany Academy for Girls and Lasell College in Boston, Massachusetts. She retired from Stevens Aviation in Greer, South Carolina and was a member of Columbus United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Dorien Rumsey Mahoney and husband John of Metairie, Louisiana, son James Austin Rumsey and wife Carol of Darien, Connecticut, son Richard Andrews Rumsey and wife Cynthia of Speculator, New York, and brother Norman B. Andrews of Slingerlands, New York. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: John, Ann, and David Mahoney; Christina, Austin, Tyler and Amanda Rumsey; and Eric and Ian Rumsey. Also surviving her are thirteen great-grandchildren: Erica, Jack, Charlotte, and Naomi Rumsey; Ella, Linus, Molly, Taylor and Ryker Mahoney; Rumsey and Theadora Kadar; Elle and Hudson Speel. McFarland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. There will be no formal service. Memorials may be made to Columbus United Methodist Church, 201 North Peak Street, Columbus, North Carolina 28722 or to Steps of Hope, 60 Ward Street, Columbus, North Carolina 28722.
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