Paul peacefully passed away at home Friday June 28th to rejoin his wife Anna, who, with Paul by her side, had departed from that very place on May 14, 2014.
Paul was born in Nelson BC, the eighth of nine children of Marc and Elizabeth DuMont. He was educated in BC and raised with Dumont work ethics and values. In 1948 his parents sponsored a young refugee girl to immigrate to Canada and work for them; Anna met Paul and they were married in Vancouver in 1950. Together, with the DuMont families, they owned and operated Sawmills and Logging operations in Nakusp, Terrace, and finally moved to Vernon with the purchase of the Hoover Sawmill in 1963.
Their love of the outdoors led to the purchase of two Arabian horses for riding in the hills above Vernon. That led to the raising of thoroughbred race horses, purebred polled Hereford cattle, and the construction of Vernon’s racetrack! The horses included a grandson of “Northern Dancer,” and they had winners on racetracks from Vancouver to California’s Santa Anita. What a ride!