Obituary of John Page Shumate

John Page Shumate Foreign Service Officer September 18, 1934-August 15, 2016 John Page Shumate, retired Foreign Service officer, died on August 15, 2016, at the age of 81 in Fearrington Village, North Carolina. He was born in 1934 in El Paso, Texas. A graduate of Santa Monica High School, he earned a B.S. in political science from UCLA and an M.A. in Latin America Studies from the University of Southern California. After working as an engineer for Douglas Aircraft and for General Telephone, he joined the Foreign Service in 1957. Overseas assignments included Lima, Peru; Canberra, Australia; and Quito, Ecuador. After retiring in 1985, he became the executive director of the Secretary of State's Advisory Panel on Overseas Security. Later, he was executive director and CEO of the American Foreign Service Protective Association. In 1988, he founded the Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service, a charitable organization that provides assistance to former Foreign Service officers and staff, as well as to their widows and divorced spouses. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Caroline Taylor; his daughter Vanessa Campbell Hooper of Mittagong, Australia; his son John David of Dallas, Texas; and three grandchildren, Erin Hooper, Colin Shumate, and Kira Page Shumate. His daughter Jennifer predeceased him in 1998. Per John's wishes there will be no formal services held. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to be serving the Shumate family. Online condolences may offered at www.walkersfuneralservice.com.