From The Nelson County Gazette, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
Martha Lucille Heineken-Cummins, 95, of Noordwijk, Netherlands, formerly of New Hope, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 at Noordwijk. She was the widow of beer magnate Freddy Heineken. She was born Oct. 29, 1925 in New Hope, and she was the daughter of a Kentucky bourbon manufacturer and was a fashion model. She met her future husband in 1947 in the U.S. when he was a beer deliveryman. He later became sales manager for Heineken in the U.S. where — at the time — little beer was being exported from the Netherlands to the U.S. The two were married in 1948, just before Heineken returned to his native country. “We celebrated our honeymoon on the boat to the Netherlands,” Heineken said of their marriage. She kept a low profile until her husband and his driver were kidnapped in 1983 by a group of criminals in an attempt to collect ransom. Heineken and his driver were held in a shed in the Western Docklands in Amsterdam for 20 days until they were eventually liberated by the police. She was preceded in death by her husband, Freddy Heineken, who died in 2002 at the age of 78. She is survived by one daughter, Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, who has controlling interest in the Heineken group. She is also one of the richest women in the world, with assets of approximately $14.7 billion. The funeral will be private in her hometown of Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Her family bourbon history: After National Prohibition ended, her grandfather Arthur and a partner purchased a plant and equipment of a “mothballed” plant in Atherton, Kentucky and called it the Cummins-Collins distillery. Also involved in plant operations were Arthur J.’s brother, Charles, and the brother's son, Charles W. Cummins. From the Atherton site the distillery issued a number of brands, including “Singing Sam Whiskey” and “A.J. Cummins Kentucky Straight Bourbon.” In 1946 Arthur J. sold the plant to Seagrams. He then proceeded to build a new distillery on the grounds of an old brewery in Louisville with a daily mashing capacity of 900 barrels. The facility had no warehouses, aging its whiskey in space rented from another distillery. After Arthur J.’s death in 1949, this plant was sold, ending the Cummins whiskey dynasty.
Martha Lucille Heineken-Cummins, 95, of Noordwijk, Netherlands, formerly of New Hope, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 at Noordwijk. She was the widow of beer magnate Freddy Heineken. She was born Oct. 29, 1925 in New Hope, and she was the daughter of a Kentucky bourbon manufacturer and was a fashion model. She met her future husband in 1947 in the U.S. when he was a beer deliveryman. He later became sales manager for Heineken in the U.S. where — at the time — little beer was being exported from the Netherlands to the U.S. The two were married in 1948, just before Heineken returned to his native country. “We celebrated our honeymoon on the boat to the Netherlands,” Heineken said of their marriage. She kept a low profile until her husband and his driver were kidnapped in 1983 by a group of criminals in an attempt to collect ransom. Heineken and his driver were held in a shed in the Western Docklands in Amsterdam for 20 days until they were eventually liberated by the police. She was preceded in death by her husband, Freddy Heineken, who died in 2002 at the age of 78. She is survived by one daughter, Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, who has controlling interest in the Heineken group. She is also one of the richest women in the world, with assets of approximately $14.7 billion. The funeral will be private in her hometown of Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Her family bourbon history: After National Prohibition ended, her grandfather Arthur and a partner purchased a plant and equipment of a “mothballed” plant in Atherton, Kentucky and called it the Cummins-Collins distillery. Also involved in plant operations were Arthur J.’s brother, Charles, and the brother's son, Charles W. Cummins. From the Atherton site the distillery issued a number of brands, including “Singing Sam Whiskey” and “A.J. Cummins Kentucky Straight Bourbon.” In 1946 Arthur J. sold the plant to Seagrams. He then proceeded to build a new distillery on the grounds of an old brewery in Louisville with a daily mashing capacity of 900 barrels. The facility had no warehouses, aging its whiskey in space rented from another distillery. After Arthur J.’s death in 1949, this plant was sold, ending the Cummins whiskey dynasty.
From The Nelson County Gazette, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
Martha Lucille Heineken-Cummins, 95, of Noordwijk, Netherlands, formerly of New Hope, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 at Noordwijk. She was the widow of beer magnate Freddy Heineken. She was born Oct. 29, 1925 in New Hope, and she was the daughter of a Kentucky bourbon manufacturer and was a fashion model. She met her future husband in 1947 in the U.S. when he was a beer deliveryman. He later became sales manager for Heineken in the U.S. where — at the time — little beer was being exported from the Netherlands to the U.S. The two were married in 1948, just before Heineken returned to his native country. “We celebrated our honeymoon on the boat to the Netherlands,” Heineken said of their marriage. She kept a low profile until her husband and his driver were kidnapped in 1983 by a group of criminals in an attempt to collect ransom. Heineken and his driver were held in a shed in the Western Docklands in Amsterdam for 20 days until they were eventually liberated by the police. She was preceded in death by her husband, Freddy Heineken, who died in 2002 at the age of 78. She is survived by one daughter, Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, who has controlling interest in the Heineken group. She is also one of the richest women in the world, with assets of approximately $14.7 billion. The funeral will be private in her hometown of Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Her family bourbon history: After National Prohibition ended, her grandfather Arthur and a partner purchased a plant and equipment of a “mothballed” plant in Atherton, Kentucky and called it the Cummins-Collins distillery. Also involved in plant operations were Arthur J.’s brother, Charles, and the brother's son, Charles W. Cummins. From the Atherton site the distillery issued a number of brands, including “Singing Sam Whiskey” and “A.J. Cummins Kentucky Straight Bourbon.” In 1946 Arthur J. sold the plant to Seagrams. He then proceeded to build a new distillery on the grounds of an old brewery in Louisville with a daily mashing capacity of 900 barrels. The facility had no warehouses, aging its whiskey in space rented from another distillery. After Arthur J.’s death in 1949, this plant was sold, ending the Cummins whiskey dynasty.
Martha Lucille Heineken-Cummins, 95, of Noordwijk, Netherlands, formerly of New Hope, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 at Noordwijk. She was the widow of beer magnate Freddy Heineken. She was born Oct. 29, 1925 in New Hope, and she was the daughter of a Kentucky bourbon manufacturer and was a fashion model. She met her future husband in 1947 in the U.S. when he was a beer deliveryman. He later became sales manager for Heineken in the U.S. where — at the time — little beer was being exported from the Netherlands to the U.S. The two were married in 1948, just before Heineken returned to his native country. “We celebrated our honeymoon on the boat to the Netherlands,” Heineken said of their marriage. She kept a low profile until her husband and his driver were kidnapped in 1983 by a group of criminals in an attempt to collect ransom. Heineken and his driver were held in a shed in the Western Docklands in Amsterdam for 20 days until they were eventually liberated by the police. She was preceded in death by her husband, Freddy Heineken, who died in 2002 at the age of 78. She is survived by one daughter, Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, who has controlling interest in the Heineken group. She is also one of the richest women in the world, with assets of approximately $14.7 billion. The funeral will be private in her hometown of Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Her family bourbon history: After National Prohibition ended, her grandfather Arthur and a partner purchased a plant and equipment of a “mothballed” plant in Atherton, Kentucky and called it the Cummins-Collins distillery. Also involved in plant operations were Arthur J.’s brother, Charles, and the brother's son, Charles W. Cummins. From the Atherton site the distillery issued a number of brands, including “Singing Sam Whiskey” and “A.J. Cummins Kentucky Straight Bourbon.” In 1946 Arthur J. sold the plant to Seagrams. He then proceeded to build a new distillery on the grounds of an old brewery in Louisville with a daily mashing capacity of 900 barrels. The facility had no warehouses, aging its whiskey in space rented from another distillery. After Arthur J.’s death in 1949, this plant was sold, ending the Cummins whiskey dynasty.
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