William Joseph Bumsted died at his home in John’s Island, Vero Beach, on Jan. 5, 2012.
A 1940 graduate of Dartmouth College, Bumsted served in the Pacific in the Army.
He was born May 25, 1919, and started work at the international insurance brokerage firm Johnson and Higgins.
He became president of the Venezuelan office and later a partner of the firm in New York, leading the International and Marine Cargo departments.
Bumsted was a member of Baltusrol and Pine Valley as well as the John’s Island Club, and for many years the Lake Placid Club.
He was president of the Lake Placid Educational Foundation and was active in the community of Lake Placid, N.Y.
Survivors include his wife Gloria; his children from his late wife, Nancy: David Wentz Bumsted (Heather) , Martha B. Zipp (Brian), two step-children Alexandra and Lloyd Nimetz, and five grandchildren: Phoebe and David Bumsted, Jr; William Bumsted O’Hearn, Elena and Jack Zipp.
A service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 12, 2012, at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Vero Beach.
Memorials may be made to the VNA of Vero Beach, Florida or the SOA of Lake Placid, New York.
