CUMMINGS, Clarence Eugene 1885 - 1940

CUMMINGS, LYNN, LUCAS, MARTIN, HENDRICKS, ELMORE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 6/6/2021 at 17:49:01

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, March 22, 1940
Front Page, Column 8

C. E. CUMMINGS DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME TODAY
Funeral services to be held Monday afternoon at Hoskins Funeral Home

Clarence E. CUMMINGS, life-long resident of Jefferson county, passed away at 3:20 o'clock this morning at his home, 304 West Adams. Mr. CUMMINGS was taken seriously ill Thursday noon.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Hoskins Funeral Home, in charge of Rev. S. P. Williamson. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Mr. CUMMINGS was born December 10, 1885, in Jefferson county. He had been a resident of Fairfield for the past fifteen years, moving here from the Richwoods vicinity. He had been employed at the Holcomb Auto Service Co. for the past fourteen years. He was a member of Jefferson Lodge No. 4 I. O. O. F. Surviving are his wife, his father, J. H. CUMMINGS, and his stepmother.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, March 26, 1940
Page FIVE, Column 2

LOCALS

...--Ross LYNN of Marshalltown, an uncle of the late Clarence CUMMINGS is a guest in the J. H. CUMMINGS home, 205 E. Washington street. ...

... Mrs. Rilla LUCAS and son Paul LUCAS, and daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. George MARTIN of Williamsport, Indiana were called to Fairfield by the illness and death of their brother-in-law and uncle the late Clarence CUMMINGS who passed away Friday morning at 3:20 a.m. of last week. They returned to their homes today. ...

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, March 27, 1940
Page SEVEN, Column 7

RICHWOODS, Mar. 27 -- A number of people from this community attended the funeral of Clarence CUMMINGS in Fairfield Monday afternoon. Mr. CUMMINGS was born and raised in this community and lived here forty years. Fifteen years ago he and his father J. H. CUMMINGS moved to Fairfield. ...

... Ross LYNN of Marshalltown came Monday to attend the funeral of Clarence CUMMINGS in Fairfield and was an overnight guest Monday evening at the home of his sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Ed HENDRICKS. ...

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Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.043. His wife was Ethel A. ELMORE, who died in 1962 and is buried with him.