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Don J. Cummings 09-2000 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
May 6, 1920 - September 25, 2000
A memorial service for Don J. Cummings was held at Gunnison Community Church in Gunnison, Colorado on Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 3:00 p.m. A final memorial service was also held , October 21, 2000 in Enid, Oklahoma. Burial was in Enid Cemetery.
Don J. Cummings was born in Ames Oklahoma May 6, 1920 to Fred and Bernice (Welch) Cummings and passed away September 25, 2000 in Grand Junction, Colorado after a short illness. He was married in 1943 to Neva M. Paine in Oklahoma. He worked in the World War II effort in Hartford, Washington. From there he worked in the construction of Los Alamos Laboratories. In 1955, he and Neva moved to Albuquerque to open a business, supplying building materials to contractors. His corporation, Don J. Cummings Co., was subsequently sold to his son, Bob, who renamed it Commercial Door and Hardware. Don, with his wife, Neva, retired to Colorado in 1977.
Don is survived by his wife, Neva Cummings of Gunnison, CO; his son, Bob Cummings of Phoenix, AZ; and his daughter, Judy Smith and husband, Warren of Sacramento, CA. He is also survived by two brothers, Millard Cummings of Enid, OK, Verlin Cummings of Albuquerque; and three grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Fred and Bernice Cummings; one brother, Alfred Cummings; and one sister, Neva Neal.
Neva Mae Paine Cummings © Enid News and Eagle 03-04-2020 Submitted by: Glenn
© Enid News and Eagle
October 24, 1921 - February 24, 2020
Neva Mae (Paine) Cummings, 98 years old, died on February 24, 2020, in Sacramento, California. She was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. She married Donald J. Cummings also of Oklahoma. They moved to New Mexico where they raised one daughter (Judy) and one son (Robert). Neva and her husband started a construction supply business there, too. When they retired, they moved to the high Rockies of Gunnison, Colorado, where they enjoyed many years of snow sports and golf.
Neva was active in the Gunnison Community Church and Dos Rios Golf Club. The last seven years of her life, she lived in Sacramento, California, close to her children and their spouses (Warren and Eileen) and extended families. A celebration of Neva's life is being planned as a family reunion in Oklahoma where location?
If you wish to make a commemorative contribution to honor Neva, please consider the Humane Society (humanesociety.org), Boys Home (boystown.org), or Gunnison Community Church (107 N. Iowa St., Gunnison, CO, 81230). These were targets for her altruism while she lived, and she would be pleased to be honored this way.
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