David V. Sumney

Dear Dave:

My heart grew heavy as I read Monty's e-mail. You will
always have a special place in my memory bank. Oh,
how lucky we were to have grown up in Denair.

I first met David V. Sumney and his brother, Eddie, in 1946, when I was in the seventh grade. We grew up together in the small town of Denair, California in the San Joaquin Valley. Eddie taught me the difference in Sierra Madre and Sierra Nevada.

David was one of my closest friends, and eventually would be best man at my wedding. Ruth Sumney was our eighth grade teacher and Ben Sumney was our official family barber.

In 1954, David and I drove my 1951 Ford to...

Dave was such a good friend while living in Oxnard, CA. We spent many years bike riding, hanging out. He will be missed!

My friend Dave Sumney. I used to work with you first at Los Angeles County and then for the City of Beverly Hills. You were my supervisor. I left there in 1970 and I always asked mutual friends about you. Tonight just by accident I ran across your name and I found out that you had passed. You were a very decent and honorable person and I am grateful to have met you my friend.
I was with you when your brother Ed was killed in a traffic accident. I remember driving you home in your 1969...

Our Dearest Dave,
The love, the laughter, the friendship, will always be in our hearts. Thank you for all the special memories. Jamie will never forget all the good trips and good times. God has a special place in Heaven for you, because you are a special person. Our love to you forever.

JJ and Dee Johnson - Ferndale, WA
Jamie Howard - Seattle, WA
Kristie and Thomas D'Angelo - Ferndale, WA
Kim and James, Dakota and Cooper Summers - California

I will always remember how kind Mr. Sumney was. I often booked rides for him as I work for WTA and he was always upbeat and had a sense of humor. He will be missed by all who talked to him and rode with him.

Our world stopped as we mourned over our buddy here in Birch Bay,As I remembered- David wearing his signature trademark polo shirt-,Funny how nine years of our friendship grew into a history,science lab,social studies lessons of life,"D" had all of the answers to everything,he was like our very own Reader's Digest,Sunset Magazine,Popular Mechanics & New York Times and abundance of his personal collection of software & computer gadget
magazines to keep him afloat of this fast-growing...