Funeral service for SFC (Retired) Donald B. Rumsey will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2017 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

SFC (Retired) Donald B. Rumsey, age 68, Lawton, died Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Lawton.  He was born August 5, 1948 in Waverly, New York to Claude and Lula Rumsey.  He grew up in New York and graduated high school.  He married Chom Nam Kim on April 14, 1989 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

He served in the U.S. Army for over twenty years and retired on July 31, 1993 at Fort Sill.  His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon with Number 3, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with Number 5, Expert Marksmanship Badge Rifle M-16 and the Driver and Mechanic Badge.  Following his retirement from the Army he worked in the engineering department at Cameron University for eighteen years, retiring in 2014.

He enjoyed traveling, Mustang cars, NASCAR and fishing.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; two daughters, Samantha Sexton, Lawton, and Susan Rumsey and her boyfriend, Sebastian, Rommel, Lawton; his granddaughter, Briella; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Hazel and Mike McLean, Judith and Charlie Harbst and Debra Rumsey, all of New York; his brother and sister-in-law, Claude and Janet Rumsey, Jr., Arizona; several nieces and nephews.

His parents preceded him in death.