1st w/o Albert B.; in same lot: Albert B. Cummins, Anna Cummins, Cora M. Cummins, Frank S. Cummins, Ida L. Cummins, James C. Cummins, Lucina W. Cummins, Margaret Cummins, Sarah B. Cummins, Thomas L. Cummins
The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa 28 Feb., 1918, Thu.
Funeral services for Mrs. A.B.Cummins will be held at the home Forest drive and Grand Avenue, Friday afternoon.
The exact hour for services has not yet been decided. The body will arrive Friday morning from Washington.
The Rev. Dr. J. Edward Kirbye, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, will have charge of the services. Mrs. Cummins was a member of the church since coming to Des Moines in 1878.
Following brief services yesterday in Washington, the body of Mrs. Ida G. Cummins, wife of Senator A.B.Cummins, who died Tuesday night will be brought to Des Moines.
Accompanying the body will be Senator Cummins, Mrs. Kate Cummins Rawson of Des Moines, who did not reach Washington until yesterday morning, several hours after her mother’s death, and John Briar, secretary to Senator Cummins.
Mrs. Cummins died shortly after midnight Tuesday night, following a brief illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Cummins was active in Des Moines and in Washington in the interest of child welfare. She, more than any one person to Iowa, was responsible for the Iowa child labor law. Mrs. Cummins was president of the Des Moines Home for the Friendless Children for a number of years prior to her removal to Washington. She was retained as honorary president, and whenever in Des Moines devoted her time to the affairs in the home.
She was also actively identified with Plymouth Congregational Church, and at one time was president of the Des Moines Women’s club.
Mrs. Cummins last August celebrated her birthday in the home in which she was born in Eaton Rapids, Mich. She was educated in the schools there and met Senator Cummins while he was a law student in Chicago.
They were married in 1874 and lived in Chicago until 1878, when they came to Des Moines.
Their only child is Mrs. Hollis Rawson in Des Moines.
Contributor: Jean Wilson
The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa 28 Feb., 1918, Thu.
Funeral services for Mrs. A.B.Cummins will be held at the home Forest drive and Grand Avenue, Friday afternoon.
The exact hour for services has not yet been decided. The body will arrive Friday morning from Washington.
The Rev. Dr. J. Edward Kirbye, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, will have charge of the services. Mrs. Cummins was a member of the church since coming to Des Moines in 1878.
Following brief services yesterday in Washington, the body of Mrs. Ida G. Cummins, wife of Senator A.B.Cummins, who died Tuesday night will be brought to Des Moines.
Accompanying the body will be Senator Cummins, Mrs. Kate Cummins Rawson of Des Moines, who did not reach Washington until yesterday morning, several hours after her mother’s death, and John Briar, secretary to Senator Cummins.
Mrs. Cummins died shortly after midnight Tuesday night, following a brief illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Cummins was active in Des Moines and in Washington in the interest of child welfare. She, more than any one person to Iowa, was responsible for the Iowa child labor law. Mrs. Cummins was president of the Des Moines Home for the Friendless Children for a number of years prior to her removal to Washington. She was retained as honorary president, and whenever in Des Moines devoted her time to the affairs in the home.
She was also actively identified with Plymouth Congregational Church, and at one time was president of the Des Moines Women’s club.
Mrs. Cummins last August celebrated her birthday in the home in which she was born in Eaton Rapids, Mich. She was educated in the schools there and met Senator Cummins while he was a law student in Chicago.
They were married in 1874 and lived in Chicago until 1878, when they came to Des Moines.
Their only child is Mrs. Hollis Rawson in Des Moines.
Contributor: Jean Wilson
1st w/o Albert B.; in same lot: Albert B. Cummins, Anna Cummins, Cora M. Cummins, Frank S. Cummins, Ida L. Cummins, James C. Cummins, Lucina W. Cummins, Margaret Cummins, Sarah B. Cummins, Thomas L. Cummins
The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa 28 Feb., 1918, Thu.
Funeral services for Mrs. A.B.Cummins will be held at the home Forest drive and Grand Avenue, Friday afternoon.
The exact hour for services has not yet been decided. The body will arrive Friday morning from Washington.
The Rev. Dr. J. Edward Kirbye, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, will have charge of the services. Mrs. Cummins was a member of the church since coming to Des Moines in 1878.
Following brief services yesterday in Washington, the body of Mrs. Ida G. Cummins, wife of Senator A.B.Cummins, who died Tuesday night will be brought to Des Moines.
Accompanying the body will be Senator Cummins, Mrs. Kate Cummins Rawson of Des Moines, who did not reach Washington until yesterday morning, several hours after her mother’s death, and John Briar, secretary to Senator Cummins.
Mrs. Cummins died shortly after midnight Tuesday night, following a brief illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Cummins was active in Des Moines and in Washington in the interest of child welfare. She, more than any one person to Iowa, was responsible for the Iowa child labor law. Mrs. Cummins was president of the Des Moines Home for the Friendless Children for a number of years prior to her removal to Washington. She was retained as honorary president, and whenever in Des Moines devoted her time to the affairs in the home.
She was also actively identified with Plymouth Congregational Church, and at one time was president of the Des Moines Women’s club.
Mrs. Cummins last August celebrated her birthday in the home in which she was born in Eaton Rapids, Mich. She was educated in the schools there and met Senator Cummins while he was a law student in Chicago.
They were married in 1874 and lived in Chicago until 1878, when they came to Des Moines.
Their only child is Mrs. Hollis Rawson in Des Moines.
Contributor: Jean Wilson
The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa 28 Feb., 1918, Thu.
Funeral services for Mrs. A.B.Cummins will be held at the home Forest drive and Grand Avenue, Friday afternoon.
The exact hour for services has not yet been decided. The body will arrive Friday morning from Washington.
The Rev. Dr. J. Edward Kirbye, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, will have charge of the services. Mrs. Cummins was a member of the church since coming to Des Moines in 1878.
Following brief services yesterday in Washington, the body of Mrs. Ida G. Cummins, wife of Senator A.B.Cummins, who died Tuesday night will be brought to Des Moines.
Accompanying the body will be Senator Cummins, Mrs. Kate Cummins Rawson of Des Moines, who did not reach Washington until yesterday morning, several hours after her mother’s death, and John Briar, secretary to Senator Cummins.
Mrs. Cummins died shortly after midnight Tuesday night, following a brief illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Cummins was active in Des Moines and in Washington in the interest of child welfare. She, more than any one person to Iowa, was responsible for the Iowa child labor law. Mrs. Cummins was president of the Des Moines Home for the Friendless Children for a number of years prior to her removal to Washington. She was retained as honorary president, and whenever in Des Moines devoted her time to the affairs in the home.
She was also actively identified with Plymouth Congregational Church, and at one time was president of the Des Moines Women’s club.
Mrs. Cummins last August celebrated her birthday in the home in which she was born in Eaton Rapids, Mich. She was educated in the schools there and met Senator Cummins while he was a law student in Chicago.
They were married in 1874 and lived in Chicago until 1878, when they came to Des Moines.
Their only child is Mrs. Hollis Rawson in Des Moines.
Contributor: Jean Wilson
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