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Adelaide C. Cummings | Visit Guest Book
CUMMINGS, ADELAIDE WATERVLIET - Miss Adelaide C. Cummings, 90, died on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at the Eddy Village Green in Cohoes. Born in Watervliet on July 30, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Mary Hogan Cummings. Miss Cummings was educated at St. Brigid's School in Watervliet and Catholic Central High School in Troy, from where she graduated. She later attended Burrough's Comptometer School in Albany and was employed, for 38 years, by the NY State Department of Taxation and Finance in Albany from where she retired in 1983. She was a member of the Retired Public Employees Association, the Watervliet Seniors and was a longtime communicant of St. Brigid's Church in Watervliet, where she was a member of the Rosary Society. Adelaide's family extends a special and heartfelt thank you to the Eddy Village Green for the wonderful care given to Adelaide during her stay. She is survived by her dear sister, Elizabeth T. Cummings O'Neill of Watervliet and several devoted nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Joan Cummings McDonald and brother, Edward J. Cummings, Jr. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday at 11 am in St. Brigid's Church, Watervliet and interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Watervliet. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. There will be no public calling hours. In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that donations, in memory of Adelaide C. Cummings, be made to the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society, 3 Oakland Avenue, Menands, NY 12204. Arrangements are by the Cummings Funeral Home of Watervliet. Please sign the guestbook at rememberingny.us/troyrecord
