Hilda S. Cummings; 85; of
Belle Vernon; died Saturday;
Aug. 29; 1998; in Country Care
Manor; Washington Township.
Born Aug. 18; 1913; in Belle
Vernon; she was a daughter of
the late Oscar and Ethel
Rumble Strenske.
Mrs. Cummings was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church of Belle Vernon; where
she had served as an elder.
She was also a member of Order of Eastern Star Belle Vernon Chapter 196 and the National Retired Teachers
Association.
A lifelong resident of Belle
Vernon; she was a graduate of
California State Teachers
College.
She had been a school teacher
for 35 years; finishing her career at Rostraver Elementary
School in the Belle Vernon Area
School District.
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by
her husband; William I. Cummings; who died Sept. 6; 1969;
one brother; Oscar Strenske;
and three sisters; Helen Hart;
Edith Jones and Betty Stotler.
Survivors include one son
and daughter-in-law; William
O. and Misty Cummings of Morgantown; W.Va.; one brother;
David Strenske of Ocala. Fla.;
two sisters; Doris Wilson of
West Mifflin and Patty Stimmel
of Belle Vernon; two grandchildren; Michael William Cummings of Fairmont; W.Va.. and
Carrie Jean Cummings of Columbus; Ohio; and two great-grandchildren; Miranda and
Roger Cummings.
Friends will be received
Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and
Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral
Home Inc.. 700 Broad Ave..
Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Thursday;Sept.3;1998; at 11 a.m.with the Rev. James Ramsey;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.