More detail on this person: Jimmie Dale
Schuman, Sr., 74 of California, MD died September
18, 2013 at his home. Born July 7, 1939 in
Decatur, IL. He was the son of the late John
Joseph Schuman, Sr. and the late Rosalie Nichols
Schuman.
Jimmie entered the U.S. Air Force on August 1,
1957. He attended Chinese language school at Yale
University, graduated from the Air Force Academy
in 1963, and became an Air Force pilot. After 34
years in the Air Force he retired as a Colonel in
1991. During his career he spent a year in Vietnam
as a Helicopter gunship pilot for special
operations where he was awarded the Silver Star, 3
Distinguished Flying Crosses and 10 Air Medals.
He has travelled to 40 nations and had tours in
Hawaii, Nevada, twice in Germany, a total of 20
different locations. Along the way he met Jimmy
Doolittle, Vice President George Bush Sr., Bob
Hope and many others because he was in the right
place at the right time.
He received a master's degree in Aeronautical
Engineering at the Air Force Institute of
Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio. His career highlights included the Vietnam
War, the 1973 Israeli War, flying the C-5 Galaxy
the largest aircraft in the world at the time and
working with the men and women he met along the
way on his many Air Force assignments. He was a
Christian man and faithful to the Lord Jesus, so
as 2 Corinthians 5:8 says; to be absent from the
body is to be present with the Lord where we are
sure he has started his eternal bliss.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Jane Thorne
Schuman, sons Jimmie Dale Schuman, Jr. (Donna,
Deceased), Gregory F. McVerry (Lorrie), Bruce E
Schuman (Diane), daughter, Sharon C. Hall (Chris),
brothers, Richard L. Schuman, Gene A. Schuman,
Darrell L. Schuman (Lynne), sisters, Maxine L.
Estell (Frosty), Shirley J. McDuffy.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by
his brothers, Arthur H. Schuman, John Joseph
Schuman, Jr. Kenneth Schuman, Donald D.
Schuman, Ralph E. Schuman and Ronald R.
Schuman.
Family will receive friends for Jimmie's Life
Celebration on Sunday, September 22, 2013 from
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral
Home, P.A. A Funeral Service will be held on
Monday, September 23, 2013 at Brinsfield-Echols
Funeral Home, P.A. in Charlotte Hall, MD at 10:00
AM. Sam Lehman will be officiating. Interment will
follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, MD.
Pallbearers will be: Brian McVerry, Greg McVerry,
Justin McVerry, Bruce Schuman, Kevin McVerry,
Jim Schuman.
Memorial Contributions may be made to:
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org
Arrangements provided by Brinsfield-Echols Funeral
Home.
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