Duff, Sharon Louise (Borland) Cummins (1937 - 2020)

DUFF, BORLAND, CUMMINS, WHITE, HAWK, DEITERING

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 1/19/2021 at 14:57:54

Name of deceased: Sharon Louise Cummins Duff (nee Borland)

Aged: 83 yrs, 6 mo, 19 days

Residence: Earling, Shelby County, IA

Born: June 2, 1937; Eden, Peoria County, IL

Died: Dec. 21, 2020; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Douglas County, NE

Funeral services: no information provided

Survived by: Husband, Melvin Duff; children, Kevin Cummins (spouse, Susan) of Omaha, NE, Cheryl White Hawk of Omaha, NE, Dennis Cummins of Alaska, Tim Cummins of Colorado, Chris Cummins of Omaha, NE, and Heather Deitering (spouse, Bill) of Iowa; grandchildren, Sandra, Justin, Joshua, Amber, Rochelle, Amanda, and Mirissa; great-grandchildren, Pierce, Darian, Lila, and Adri; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Martha Roseanne and Wallace Archibald Borland; husband, William Cummins (deceased in 1978)

Education: no information provided

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) William Carl Cummins; 1955; Omaha, NE (2) Melvin Duff; May 23, 2002; location not provided

Employment: When she was married to William, Sharon worked at United Artists, Omaha, NE, making cassettes; in the summers, Sharon and William worked with a construction crew where she kept the books and ran the flag crew. After William passed, she worked at Little King Restaurant in Omaha as a manager. She then went to truck driving school in 1988 and moved to California to work and live with her son, Dennis. In 1991, she moved back to Omaha to help with her granddaughter. Sharon worked at a telemarketing company for a while, and then at Hunt Transportation as a dispatcher.

Hobbies/Interests: Reading; baking; crocheting; sewing; beading; playing Canasta and Yahtzee; with her husband Melvin, they gardened, canned, made wooden yard ornaments, animal banks, and various other woodworking projects to sell.

Sources: harlanonline.com; legacy.com