Roy Dewitt Rusmisel Sr., 95, of Harrisonburg, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at Curis in Harrisonburg.
He was born in Mount Solon on July 3, 1923, and was a son of the late Roy Arnold and Pansy (Landes) Rusmisel.
Roy served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a carpenter for Nielsen Builders. He loved to hunt and fish and was a member of Woodmen of the World. He was a member of Bethlehem Brethren Church.
On Oct. 10, 1981, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Mae (Hanger) Rusmisel who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife is his son, Roy Dewitt Rusmisel Jr. and wife, Deborah, of Stuart; stepsons, David Charles Shifflett, Donald Wayne Shifflett and Gary Wayne Shifflett, all of Harrisonburg; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Hilbert of Maryland and Dorsilla Higgins of Harrisonburg; a brother, Bobby Rusmisel of Bridgewater; three grandchildren, Leeann Rhodes and husband, Darrell, of Tobaccoville, N.C., Dyan Ragsdale and husband, Scott, of Patrick Springs, and Suzanne Torres and husband, Jimmy, of Germany; three stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren, six stepgreat-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephew.
Roy was preceded in death by brother, Guy Rusmisel.
He was born in Mount Solon on July 3, 1923, and was a son of the late Roy Arnold and Pansy (Landes) Rusmisel.
Roy served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a carpenter for Nielsen Builders. He loved to hunt and fish and was a member of Woodmen of the World. He was a member of Bethlehem Brethren Church.
On Oct. 10, 1981, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Mae (Hanger) Rusmisel who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife is his son, Roy Dewitt Rusmisel Jr. and wife, Deborah, of Stuart; stepsons, David Charles Shifflett, Donald Wayne Shifflett and Gary Wayne Shifflett, all of Harrisonburg; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Hilbert of Maryland and Dorsilla Higgins of Harrisonburg; a brother, Bobby Rusmisel of Bridgewater; three grandchildren, Leeann Rhodes and husband, Darrell, of Tobaccoville, N.C., Dyan Ragsdale and husband, Scott, of Patrick Springs, and Suzanne Torres and husband, Jimmy, of Germany; three stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren, six stepgreat-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephew.
Roy was preceded in death by brother, Guy Rusmisel.
Roy Dewitt Rusmisel Sr., 95, of Harrisonburg, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at Curis in Harrisonburg.
He was born in Mount Solon on July 3, 1923, and was a son of the late Roy Arnold and Pansy (Landes) Rusmisel.
Roy served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a carpenter for Nielsen Builders. He loved to hunt and fish and was a member of Woodmen of the World. He was a member of Bethlehem Brethren Church.
On Oct. 10, 1981, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Mae (Hanger) Rusmisel who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife is his son, Roy Dewitt Rusmisel Jr. and wife, Deborah, of Stuart; stepsons, David Charles Shifflett, Donald Wayne Shifflett and Gary Wayne Shifflett, all of Harrisonburg; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Hilbert of Maryland and Dorsilla Higgins of Harrisonburg; a brother, Bobby Rusmisel of Bridgewater; three grandchildren, Leeann Rhodes and husband, Darrell, of Tobaccoville, N.C., Dyan Ragsdale and husband, Scott, of Patrick Springs, and Suzanne Torres and husband, Jimmy, of Germany; three stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren, six stepgreat-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephew.
Roy was preceded in death by brother, Guy Rusmisel.
He was born in Mount Solon on July 3, 1923, and was a son of the late Roy Arnold and Pansy (Landes) Rusmisel.
Roy served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a carpenter for Nielsen Builders. He loved to hunt and fish and was a member of Woodmen of the World. He was a member of Bethlehem Brethren Church.
On Oct. 10, 1981, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Mae (Hanger) Rusmisel who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife is his son, Roy Dewitt Rusmisel Jr. and wife, Deborah, of Stuart; stepsons, David Charles Shifflett, Donald Wayne Shifflett and Gary Wayne Shifflett, all of Harrisonburg; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Hilbert of Maryland and Dorsilla Higgins of Harrisonburg; a brother, Bobby Rusmisel of Bridgewater; three grandchildren, Leeann Rhodes and husband, Darrell, of Tobaccoville, N.C., Dyan Ragsdale and husband, Scott, of Patrick Springs, and Suzanne Torres and husband, Jimmy, of Germany; three stepgrandchildren, five great-grandchildren, six stepgreat-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephew.
Roy was preceded in death by brother, Guy Rusmisel.
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