Jeanette M. Shumake

Jeanette (Janet) McMullan Shumake, of Lake Placid, Florida, passed into the heavenly church on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. She was born January 29, 1918 in Brunswick, Maryland, the only child of Bertrand and Maggie Reed McMullan. She was reared in Mt. Sidney, Virginia, attended Shenandoah College in Dayton, Virginia and graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She and her husband, Octer, owned and operated grocery and clothing stores in Mt. Sidney and Shenandoah, VA and she later returned to teaching in Page and Augusta Counties. At the Verona school, she taught fourth grade for 17 years before retiring. She and her husband traveled around the country, living in Navarre, Ohio; Springfield, VA; Staunton, VA and Clermont, Florida, and at age 82, finally settled in Lake Placid, Florida. Her church affiliation was with Memorial United Methodist Church in Lake Placid, where she taught Ladies Bible Class for several years. After her husband, Octer died in 2004, and daughter, Donna Harman in 2005, she moved to the Palms Estates in Lorida, until her health brought her to Rosewood Senior Care and to Southern Lifestyle Assisted Living in Lake Placid. She is survived by her daughter, Agatha Johnson and her husband, Harry, of Lorida, FL; four grandchildren, Brian Harman and Barbara McKaskle of Ft. Lauderdale; Stephanie Harman of South Carolina and Edward (Susan) Pratt of Fairfax, VA; six great-grandsons and three great-granddaughters and a great-great-grandson; cousins, Colleen Long and Winifred Foley of Harrisonburg, VA and sister-in-law, Alleen Shumake of Staunton, VA. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date at Memorial United Methodist Church in Lake Placid, FL. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pisgah UMC, P.O. Box 48, Mt. Sidney, VA 24467; Salem Lutheran Cemetery Fund, 417 Salem Church Rd., Mt. Sidney, VA 24467 or Good Shepherd Hospice, 1110 Hammock Rd., Sebring, FL 33870. Arrangements are entrusted to: Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home Sebring, Florida 33870 863-385-0125 www.stephensonnelsonfh.com