Portrait of Mabel Rumbaugh

Obituary: Mabel Rumbaugh, 89

1924 – 2014
Age 89
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For 89 years, Mabel touched the lives of those around them.

"Say not in grief, 'they are no more,' but live in thankfulness that they were."
— Hebrew proverb

The family of Mabel Rumbaugh, 89, announces her passing, and invites all who knew her to remember her here.

These few paragraphs cannot hold a life, but they may carry a memory.

Born in 1924, Mabel began a life that would touch many along the way.

Mabel was witness to a great deal of change — and shaped some of it.

Mabel Louise Rumbaugh, 89 died Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be held in Titusville, PA with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Mable Louise (Keeley) Rumbaugh was born on December 21, 1924 at Kushogua, PA to Thomas A. and Mary (Downing) Keeley. She was united in marriage to Harry John Rumbaugh which preceded her in death. She worked as an RN at the Titusville Hospital for 45 years until her retirement. The past couple of years she moved to South Dakota where she lived with her grandson and family before becoming a resident of the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion for the past 6 months. Grateful for having shared her life are a son Richard, Titusville, PA; and a grandson John (Donna) Rumbaugh and family, Parker, SD. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, 2 sisters, and a brother.

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