Cummings, Etta Mae

CUMMINGS, CHAPMAN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/27/2013 at 14:05:21

Etta Mae Cummings, 96, of 1404 Main Ave, Clear Lake, died Saturday, June 28,
2003 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Funeral
services will be Wednesday, July 2, 1 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial
Chapel, Clear Lake, Iowa with the Rev. Jan Burnett officiating. Interment will
be in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. Family suggests memorials be given to
Clear Lake United Methodist Church in memory of Etta.

Etta was born Aug. 24, 1906 in Britt, Iowa the daughter of Ephraim Husted and
Myrtle Ione (Chapman) Cummings. She attended rural Orthel #2 school.
Etta farmed with her brother, Fred, and sister, Lulla, in the Britt area and
later in the Clear Lake area. After retiring from the farm they moved into Clear
Lake in 1972.

She was a very loving, kind, and self-taught person. She enjoyed gardening, and
raising flowers. She was a member of the Sing and Sew Club for sixty years until
it disbanded, Clear Lake Senior Citizens since 1972, and a friend of the Clear
Lake United Methodist Church. The Cumming's family belief in education was very
strong. Etta's life dream was realized this year as she started the Cumming's
Family Scholarship for the Clear Lake School System.

Survivors include cousins and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Fred, and sister, Lulla.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.