Vera Cummings 1929-2020

Vera Mae Cummings, 90, Topeka, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Topeka Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing.

She was born Dec. 19, 1929, in Mayetta, the daughter of John W. and Viola Jones Cummings. She had lived in Mayetta, Lawrence and later Topeka.

Miss Cummings had worked several years doing different jobs with Cottonwood.

She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mayetta.

Survivors include her sisters, Mildred Schucher, Coronado, Calif., and Mary Ann Waltman, Topeka; her brothers, Theodore Cummings, Washington, Anthony Cummings, Topeka, and Richard Cummings, Manhattan; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her sisters, Theresa Prochish, Anna Cummings and Margaret Shafer; and her brothers, John, Francis, Cornelius, Gerald and Leonard Cummings.

Miss Cummings will lie in state at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton from Wednesday afternoon through Friday morning, Dec. 18. A graveside Mass of Christian burial will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Hoyt.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, KS 66436.

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109 W. Fourth St.
Holton, KS 66436
Phone: 785-364-3141
 

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