Michael Wayne Dumey

DEXTER, Mo. — Michael Wayne Dumey, son of the late Elmer Dumey and Bertha Vetter Dumey, was born on October 12, 1944 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and departed this life on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at his residence in Bloomfield, Missouri at the age of 74 years.

Mr. Dumey was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving on the USS Edisto Ice Breaker and USS Valley Forge LPH-8. He was a former educator for several Missouri school districts serving as; a former Guidance Counselor for Clearwater R-I, a former Assistant Superintendent for Greenville R-II and a former Superintendent for Naylor R-II and Bloomfield R-XIV. He was a former Director of the Bootheel Planning Commission and attended Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield. He was an avid old-school outdoorsman; he had a great love for fishing the rivers and streams of the area and his most peaceful times were either in his canoe or kayak. He loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them.

On August 12, 1972, in Chaffee, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Sarah McFerron. Mrs. Dumey survives of their home in Bloomfield.

In addition to his wife Sarah, he is survived by two sons, Collin Dumey and fiancé, Laura Meyer of Dexter and Kurt Dumey and wife, Stefanie of Poplar Bluff; by one brother, John Dumey of Chaffee, Missouri; by two sisters, Rae Johnson of Franktown, Colorado and Kae Harrell of Chesapeake, Ohio and by two grandchildren, Gabriel Dumey and Thomas Dumey, both of Poplar Bluff.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Larry Dumey.

Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, August 4 at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will then be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, August 5 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Steven Koerner officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.

Memorials may be made to: Bloomfield R-XIV, Teen Educational Foundation 505 W Court Street Bloomfield, MO 63825; Southeast Hospice 10 Doctors Park Cape Girardeau, MO 63701; 18 Fore Life c/o Scott Kruse 705 Laurie Circle Dexter, MO 63841

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