I will certainly miss Ernie and his upbeat fun ways. What a great guy. I believe that its true "the good die young" Doreen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonya Stewart" <sonya_stewart@yahoo.com> To: <PAINDIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: [INDIANA] Ernie Rumbaugh > I am posting the following to the list as many of you > probably received help from this most wonderful man in > the last few years. Knowing Ernie was truly a > pleasure and his enthusiasm for genealogy and his > willingness to share was amazing. > > Ernie had hoped to pursue genealogy with greater > passion after his retirement at the end of last year. > Sadly, that was not to be but his contributions to > others made all of our lives a bit sweeter. May he > rest in peace and enjoy the party as he meets all of > those ancestors in person. > > Received from his sister: > > "Ernie, Rev. Ernest N. Rumbaugh, Jr., passed away > today, Friday, January 9, 2004, at 12:13 a.m. in his > home with his family. > > Ernie was very successfully battling cancer of the > lungs, lymph nodes and adrenal glands from February to > September of 2003, never a pain, chemo with no hair > loss, and he looked great. Then, in September, he > contracted West Nile Virus. This deadly virus raged > from September to November when the cancer again > surfaced. > > Services are being held in Shippensburg, PA. (probably > Sunday or Monday) at the Fogelsanger Funeral Home. If > you wish to contribute, donations would be appreciated > in memory of Ernie to Lung Cancer Research". > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > NEW - July 1, 2000 > The Indiana Co. Branch of the Church of Jesus > Christ of Latter-Day Saints now has a web presence. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paifhc >