Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cummings, Michael Joseph January 25, 1937 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 November 5, 2023, 11:38 am Norfolk Virginian Pilot January 26, 1937 Michael Joseph Cummings, aged 86 years, father of Katherine Cummings Holahan, died early yesterday morning at a local hospital after an illness of three years. Mr. Cummings was born at Galway, Ireland, July 25, 1851, coming to America in 1872, and had been a resident of Norfolk for the past 64 years. He was a member of Tailor's Union, Local No. 40. He is survived by an only daughter, Mrs. Katherine Cummings Holahan; two grandsons, John J. Holahan, Jr. and Thomas V. Holahan; a nephew, John Cummings and a niece, Miss Annie Cummings, of Greensboro, N.C. Remains will be taken from H.D. Oliver's Funeral Apartments, 610-12 East Freemason Street, to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church for services tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. ************************************************************************ Michael Joseph Cummings — Funeral services for Mr. Cummings, whose death occurred Monday, were held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Leo J. Ryan, pastor, officiating. During the service Mrs. F. R. McLaughlin sang “Abide With Me," with Mrs. R. P. Smith, accompanist. There was a large attendance and many floral offerings. The casket was covered with a pall of Garcia Supreme, pink roses and fern. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery. The pallbearers were Daniel Kiley, Charles Sullivan, George Hogan, R. Leslie Whitehead, Lester Sullivan, Charles Mahone, William J. Walsh and Charles Reilly. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot January 28, 1937 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/c/cummings9618nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb