Rita Cummings Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Rita Cummings of Waterloo, Iowa, who passed away at the age of 86, on October 24, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Rita Cummings to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Lawrence Elenz and Marie Papenheim Elenz; her husband Bernard W. Cummings, Sr.; her children, Bernard "Butch" Cummings, Jr., Timothy "Tim" Cummings and Patricia "Pat" Cummings-Jones; her great grandchild Scarlet Cole; and her siblings, Mary Ann Webb, Leo Elenz, Theresa Stremcha, Barbara Bormann, John Elenz, Larry Elenz, Rosie Merrick, Katie Schmit, Mike Elenz, Alice Kintzle, Matilda "Tillie" Havlik and Margaret Faber.
She is survived by: her sons, Randy Cummings of Waterloo, Ronnie Cummings of Waterloo, Kenny Cummings (Sheryl) of Waterloo and Jim Cummings of Lamont; her adoptive son Christopher Cummings of Oelwein; and her daughters, Lois Cummings of Northfield, Mary Cummings-Faulkner of Oelwein and Karen Cole of Waterloo. She is also survived by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
