Cory Dundee Rind

Cory Rind was born on September 28, 1953 in Newport News, Virginia. His parents were the late Emanuel "Manny" and Edythe Rind. Cory grew up in the Riverside community and attended Riverside Elementary and Ferguson High School. Cory was a member of Hidenwood Presbyterian Church and spent a lot of time at Warwick Yacht Club and Lafayette Gun Club. Throughout his formative years he was exposed to the rich history that is the Tidewater area of Virginia.

Many of his early hobbies included archaeological digs, arrowhead hunting, fossil/shark teeth hunting, searching for Civil War relics, metal detecting, coin collecting, fishing, camping, collecting baseball cards and memorabilia, and traveling. Cory has relatives in New York, California, Georgia, and Florida.

After High School, Cory attended Duke University. He completed the civil engineering program and graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering. Cory worked on a new nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, a tunnel project in Maryland, and another nuclear facility in Iran during the late 1970's. After that, he decided to get an MBA from the University of Southern California. After receiving his MBA, Cory worked in California and then traveled to Seattle and Alaska working in the seafood business. Later he relocated to Atlanta and eventually wound up in Ashburn, Virginia where he completed his work career with Verizon. Upon retirement, Cory left northern Virginia and moved to Williamsburg where he lived until his passing.

Ashburn is where Cory raised his two sons Cody and Travis. Cory is very proud of his two sons. Cody lives in Australia and Travis resides in Chicago. They enjoyed extensive travel together including many trips to state and national parks all over the country. Travel also included attending as many baseball games in as many different stadiums as possible. In addition, there was always time to make historical visits, usually in the form of museums.

The early interests formed the foundation for keeping Cory busy once he decided to retire. Cory's passion was metal detecting and the research that supported it. Cory had good luck along the way. He may be the guy that you see metal detecting on the beach. Sometimes that meant Virginia beaches. Other times it meant Hawaii, Miami, various Florida hot spots, or some exotic locale in the Caribbean. Cory also enjoyed metal detecting trips to England where some of the relics dated to Roman times. Many of Cory's close friendships developed from metal detecting. Cory was a member of several of the Hampton Roads and Richmond area clubs.

Cory also traveled extensively with or without a metal detector. He was always curious and happy to embark on new adventures. Besides the places already mentioned, Cory traveled to destinations such as Australia, Europe, Middle East, the Maldives and a lot of other locations in between.

Throughout the years Cory kept up with a lot of his friends. Most of these friendships were interactive when they spent time together on some adventure or another. Cory was close to several old Duke friends including Alan Sewell and Chris Lau. Back in Virginia, he spent a lot of detecting time with Chip Robeson and David Hardin. Cory frequently related stories about many of the characters at Ferguson HS and at Duke.

Cory was very fortunate to have lived such a rich and adventurous life. He was also fortunate to have a supporting family and friend circle. You wouldn't know it, but Cory battled cancer for a long time. He wasn't the kind of guy that would complain, so you would not know it if it wasn't discussed directly. Cory succumbed to cancer after a tough battle on Friday February 28, 2026. He is survived by his two sons Cody and Travis, his two brothers Keith and Tyler, his wife Erin and stepchild Marla. In addition to his immediate family Cory is also survived by his nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held Friday, March 6, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. at Bucktrout Funeral Home.