Clardon B. “Pete” Cummings, 82, also known as “Tuffy,” a former Baker County resident, died Feb. 24, 2002, at Portland.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral Home. Burial will be at noon Friday at the Willamette National Cemetery. Visitations will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Cummings was born on Aug. 28, 1919, at Huntington. He served in the U.S. Army and in 1945 married Agnes Henderson. She died in 1992.
He had lived in the Portland area since 1946 where he worked as a road engineer for Multnomah County. He retired in 1982.
Survivors include his sons Donald P. Cummings and Jon Scott Cummings; a daughter, Carol Sayre; sisters, Emma Jean Greener, MaDonna Oliver and Lillian Densley; and six grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children or the American Cancer Society.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, March 1, 2002
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor