Kathryn P. Fellers, 80, 1857 Eighth Ave. N., died Monday, March 23, 1998 at Tompkins Memorial Health Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tompsie K. Smith officiating. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery. Visitation is after 4 p.m. today at Bruce’s Funeral Home with an Eastern Star service at 7 p.m.
Survivors include sons Phillip L. and Stephan C., both of Fort Dodge; daughter Connie S. Schnurr, Fort Dodge; 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; and brothers Robert Cummings, Glide, Ore., Dean Cummings, Madera, Calif., and Dale Cummings, Spirit Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents Lawrence and Gladys Ross Cummings, husband Theron in 1881, two grandsons and one great granddaughter.
Kathryn P. Cummins was born Sept. 9, 1917, in Halstead, Kan., and moved to Omaha, Neb., as a young child. She then moved to Fort Dodge. She graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1935. In 1936 she graduated from Tobin Business College, Fort Dodge. She married Theron P. Fellers in 1936 in Des Moines. She was employed as a medical assistant by Dr. Baker and later by Drs. Kelly, Cole & Birkett. She retired in 1987.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Eastern Star, White Shrine, Delta Theta Chi Sorority, Foster Grandparents, Garden Club, a volunteer at Friendship Haven and sang in the church choir for many years.
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman
