Elsie Gayle Cummins 1937 - 2006

CUMMINS, VOLLES, CLAYTON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-volunteer (email)
Date: 10/26/2017 at 10:15:36

Sioux City Journal
4 December 2006

ONAWA, Iowa -- Elsie Gayle Cummins, 69, of Onawa died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, at Burgess Health Center in Onawa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Rush Family Chapel in Onawa, with Pastor Don Collison officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Elsie Gayle was born June 14, 1937, in Onawa, the daughter of Daniel and Dorothea (Volles) Clayton and was raised in the Onawa and Turin areas.

She married Russell Louis Cummins on Nov. 24, 1953, in Onawa. Russell was in the U.S. Army for 22 years, and the couple were stationed throughout the world until his retirement. They returned to Onawa, where they owned and operated Chalet Cafe in Onawa for nine years. Elsie was a licensed dietician and later was food service supervisor at Burgess Health Center. Russ passed away July 1, 2004, at Onawa.

Survivors include three daughters, Kim Myers of Orlando, Fla., Rebecca and her husband, Mike Parr of Avoca, Neb. and Megan Cummins of Avoca; four sons and their wives, Russell Jr. and his wife, Rose of Decatur, Neb., Daniel and Karen of Hampton, Va., Ervin and Denise of Sibley, Iowa and Robert and Darla of Onawa; 12 grandchildren, Candy (Nick) Roth, Casey, Cody, Christopher, Ryan, Joshua, Kristin, Carissa, Calena, McKormick and McKenzie Cummins and Michael Parr; three stepgrandchildren, Pat (Jenny) French, Tina (Doug) Jump and Leanna (John) Benson; many great-grandchildren; a brother, Lyle and his wife, Roberta Clayton of Battle Creek, Iowa; two sisters-in-law, Elsie Wagner of Moorhead, Iowa and Gladys Cogdill of Portland, Ore.; many nieces and nephews; and special family friends, Wayne Jepson and his son, Nick.

In addition to her husband, Russ, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen; her parents, Daniel Clayton and Dorothea Butcher; a sister, Norma Jean; and three brothers, Dwight L., Lynn C. and her twin, Edward G. Clayton.