Mrs. Cummings was born Dec. 29, 1903, in Muro Lucano,
Italy, a daughter of Frank and Rose Marie Carbonara
Zarella.
She immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of 3 and settled in Hillsville, Ohio. Mrs. Cummings was an alumna of Farrell High School and earned her bachelor's degree from St. John's General Hospital School of Nursing on the north side of Pittsburgh. She had worked for 10 years as a registered nurse in Carnegie, Pa.
With her husband, Mrs. Cummings had owned and operated for several years the former Penn-Lincoln Hotel in Imperial, Pa. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church in Sharon, where she belonged to the Ladies Guild.
Some of her other memberships included the National Chapter of AARP, a retired person's organization; the Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; and Army
Nurse Corps.
A decorated war veteran, Mrs. Cummings served as a surgical
nurse during World War II with the U.S. Army, both in England and in France.
Her husband, Raymond H. Cummings, whom she married June
24, 1943, passed away Sept. 16, 1994.
She is survived by two sisters, Nellie Polite, Youngstown; and Josephine Zarella, Hermitage.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Cummings was preceded in death by her parents; five sisters, Antoinette Wiesen; and Rose, Geraldine, Elizabeth and Mary Zarella; and a brother,
Dominic F. Zarella.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bethany House Services, 1841 Fairmont Ave., Cincinnati; or Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc., Box
96742, Washington, D.C. 20090-6742.
Interment: St. Anthony's Cemetery, Hermitage, with military honors provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6233, West Middlesex; and American Legion Post 432,
Wheatland.
Mrs. Cummings was born Dec. 29, 1903, in Muro Lucano,
Italy, a daughter of Frank and Rose Marie Carbonara
Zarella.
She immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of 3 and settled in Hillsville, Ohio. Mrs. Cummings was an alumna of Farrell High School and earned her bachelor's degree from St. John's General Hospital School of Nursing on the north side of Pittsburgh. She had worked for 10 years as a registered nurse in Carnegie, Pa.
With her husband, Mrs. Cummings had owned and operated for several years the former Penn-Lincoln Hotel in Imperial, Pa. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church in Sharon, where she belonged to the Ladies Guild.
Some of her other memberships included the National Chapter of AARP, a retired person's organization; the Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; and Army
Nurse Corps.
A decorated war veteran, Mrs. Cummings served as a surgical
nurse during World War II with the U.S. Army, both in England and in France.
Her husband, Raymond H. Cummings, whom she married June
24, 1943, passed away Sept. 16, 1994.
She is survived by two sisters, Nellie Polite, Youngstown; and Josephine Zarella, Hermitage.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Cummings was preceded in death by her parents; five sisters, Antoinette Wiesen; and Rose, Geraldine, Elizabeth and Mary Zarella; and a brother,
Dominic F. Zarella.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bethany House Services, 1841 Fairmont Ave., Cincinnati; or Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc., Box
96742, Washington, D.C. 20090-6742.
Interment: St. Anthony's Cemetery, Hermitage, with military honors provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6233, West Middlesex; and American Legion Post 432,
Wheatland.
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