Ann L. Shuman (1933 – 2026)

Ann L. Shuman, 93, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at Heritage Hall Nursing Center in Front Royal.

Ann was born in Cambridge, MA, on March 29, 1933, the first daughter of Harold F. and Rebecca M. Lindergreen.  Soon after she was born, her parents moved from Beacon Hill to a house her father designed in Needham, MA. She loved that house and always considered it her real home.  She spent many of her summers waitressing on the Cape, with her family at Castle Hill and with family friends at Lake Chocorua in NH.  She graduated from Needham High School and spent 2 years studying liberal arts at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  She completed secretarial school at Kathryn Gibbs School in Boston and worked as a secretary at an accounting firm shortly thereafter.

In 1949, she met R. Richard “Dick” Shuman, then a cadet at VMI.  They married in1954 and had 3 children together during Dick’s active duty Air Force career.  While a service wife, she volunteered at hospitals in a variety of roles, using her considerable organizational and interpersonal skills when she wasn’t managing their 3 rambunctious children and a menagerie of animals.  She loved gardening, nature, hiking, camping, crewel needlework, travel, animals, eating fried clams in Ipswich, and had a real talent for flower arranging and interior design.  She could make any place she landed a home.  She showed her children love by baking cakes, cookies, and walnut brownies.

She started working at Warren County Veterinary Clinic soon after Dick left the service and moved the family to Front Royal. She remained there as office manager until she retired in 1998.  She and Dick divorced in 1983.

She is predeceased by her parents and her partner of many years, Rumsey M. Beery.  She is survived by her two sisters, Sonja L. Jensen of Bermuda Run, NC, and Linda L. Bloom of Wellesley, MA; her three children, Scott R. Shuman (Kim) of Lexington, NC, Lori S. Campbell (David) of Cary, NC, and Terry L. Shuman of Middle River, MD; two grandchildren, Nichole A. Shuman of Tacoma, WA, and Matthew R. Shuman (Ashli) of Elkridge, MD; and one great-grandchild, Robert D. Shuman, also of Elkridge, MD.

She will be buried in her hometown of Needham, MA.  Donations may be made in her name to Dakota’s Dream in Winchester, VA, Blue Ridge Hospice, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, or a charity of choice.