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Obituaries

  • Donald James Lumsden

    Donald James Lumsden

Donald James Lumsden, 90

Feb. 20, 2012

Don­ald James Lumsden

Don­ald James Lums­den, 90, of Engle­wood, passed away peace­fully Mon­day, Feb. 20, 2012, at his Sara­sota County residence.

Born on Jan. 26, 1922, in Need­ham, Mass., he had been a res­i­dent of the Boca Royale Golf & Coun­try Club for 22 years since com­ing from Dover, Mass.

A U.S. Navy vet­eran of World War II, he was a proud mem­ber of Under­wa­ter Demo­li­tion Team 11 and par­tic­i­pated in both the Iwo Jima and Bor­neo invasions.

Don was the pres­i­dent of Andrew Fab­ric Cor­po­ra­tion, a tex­tile man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pany in Need­ham, Mass. He retired in 1984.

He was a mem­ber of the Need­ham Rotary Club and the Need­ham Golf & Coun­try Club and a for­mer pres­i­dent of the Boca Royal Golf & Coun­try Club and a club champion.

Sur­vivors include his lov­ing wife of 65 years, Brenda F. Lums­den of Engle­wood; a daugh­ter, Diana J. Lums­den of New­bury, N.H.; a son, Dale B. Lums­den of Yarmouth Port, Mass.; and two grand­chil­dren, Janis Roberto and Moira Yon.

Inurn­ment will be in New Hamp­shire at a later date.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to Tidewell Hos­pice, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sara­sota, FL 34238 in mem­ory of Don Lumsden.

Engle­wood Com­mu­nity Funeral Home with Pri­vate Cre­ma­tory has been selected to han­dle arrange­ments for cre­ma­tion. You may share a mem­ory with the fam­ily at http:// www.englewoodfh.com