Principal, 1980-1984
Posted 12/06/97
On Friday December 5, 1997 of Ocean Pines, formerly of Montgomery County, beloved husband of Helen Dempsey Dumais; son of Albert E. of Berlin, MD and the late Delores Daigle Dumais; father of Richard of Laurel, Patrick of Elkridge, Timothy of Olney, Kevin and Kathleen of Gaithersburg, Teresa D. Schnurr of Riverdale, Colleen Konstanzer of Columbia and Maureen of Laurel and the late infants, Michael and Stephen; brother of of Paul of West Barnestable, MA. Also survived by 13 grandchildren, 6 nieces and nephews. Friends called at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Beauchamp Road, Ocean Pines, MD on Sunday 12/7/97, where a Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Monday morning. Interment Sunset Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Northern Worcester County Habitat for Humanity, 11227 Race Track Road, Berlin, MD 21811; or the American Cancer Society, c/o Gerry Harrison, 337 Winters Quarters Drive, Pocomoke City, MD 21851.
Richard Albert Dumais
Educator
Richard Albert Dumais, 64, and educator who served 30 years in the Montgomery County public school system before retiring in 1988 as principal of Seneca Valley High School, died of pneumonia December 5 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD. He had leukemia.
For five years after retiring from Seneca Valley, Dr. Dumais was principal of St. Vincent Palloti High School. He then retired to Ocean Pines, MD.
During his career in Montgomery County, he had been principal of Robert E. Peary High School and Banneker Junior High, and assistant principal at Damascus and Montgomery Blair high schools and Kensington Junior High School. He taught at Newport Junior High School.
He was born in Worcester, Mass., and graduated from the University of Massachusetts. During the 1950s, he served on the Marine Corps, then settled in the Washington area. He received a master's degree and a doctorate in education from George Washington University.
In retirement, he was active in Kiwanis in Ocean Pines, Habitat for Humanity, and St. Luke, St. Andrews, and St. John Neumann Catholic churches on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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