Harold Dexter Rhynedance

HAROLD D. RHYNEDANCE, JR. Fairview ~ Harold Dexter Rhynedance, Jr. of Fairview, died Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Fleshers Fairview Healthcare Center. A native of New Haven, CT, he was the son of the late Harold Dexter Rhynedance, Sr. and Gladys Evans Rhynedance. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara Hall Rhynedance. Harold retired in 1982 as a Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves after his active duty service in the Philippines during WWII. He was a member of the Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities at Cornell University, where he received his B.A. in 1943 and after the war, returned to receive his J.D. in 1949. He was an assistant to the Attorney General at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC and continued to practice law for nearly 40 years until retiring in 1988. He was a former vice president of the Peninsula Symphony Association Board of Directors in Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA and was a board member of Help the Homeless Help Themselves, Inc., also in Palos Verdes. He was a member of the Biltmore Forest Country Club. He is survived by his wife Ruth Cosline Hakanson Rhynedance; one son, Harold D. Rhynedance, III, of Alexandria, VA; one step-son, Eric Hakanson and his wife, Lisa, of CA; two step-daughters, Patricia Hakanson, of Waxhaw, NC and Karen Schreiber and her husband, Kent, of Istanbul, Turkey as well as two granddaughters and one grandson. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at All Souls Episcopal Church with The Very Reverend Todd M. Donatelli, Dean, officiating. Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family.