Funeral services for Miss Myrtle E. Cummings, 25, daughter of Mrs. William Cummings, Grimms, who fell to her death Friday evening from the fourth floor of an adminstration building in Washington, will be held at 9:30 am Tuesday at the St. Patrick's Catholic church at Maple Grove. Burial will qbe in the church cemetery. The body may be viewed tonight at the Cummings home in Grimms.
Manitowoc Herald Times; p.2 col 5; Monday 15 Apr 1946
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Myrtle Cummings Plunges to Her Death from VA Building
Grimms Girl, 25, Dies in Washington
Myrtle E. Cummings, 25, daughter of Mrs. William Cummings of Grimms, plunged to her death late yesterday afternoon from a fourth floor window in the Veterans' administration offices in Washington, DC. Detective Sergeant Harold C. Huffman said in a scribbled note found tucked in the girl's dress carried her name and the names of Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Nettles with whom she resided in Arlington, just outside Washington. Huffman said Miss Cummings left the office after closing time with two girl companions. He quoted the girls as saying Miss Cummings returned to her office for her umbrella. Police said no one observed the girl fall to her death but a night employee was attracted to an open window and swinging window shade. The body was found in an areaway about 20 feet below the street level. Doctors said Miss Cummings apparently died instantly. Huffman said heelmarks were found on the window ledge. Pvt. R.J. Cummings, brother of Miss Cummings, formerly stationed in Washington with the signal corps and now with a business machine company there, was notified of his sister's death late last night by a telephone call from Grimms. He made immediate arrangements to bring her body to Grimms. Mrs. Cummings was notified that her daughter was killed in an accident at about 7 o'clock last night. Miss Cummings was formerly employed in the offices of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company in Manitowoc and at the Holy Family hospital here and the St. Vincent hospital in Green Bay. She went to Washington just a year ago, her family said today. During the war she did decoding work for the government. At the end of the war she transferred to the Veterans administration.
Miss Cummings was born Nov 26, 1921 in Grimms. She attended the Grimms grade school and was graduated from the Reedsville high school. Survivors besides her mother include three brothers, Raymond of Washington, Michael J. Cummings of Grimms and Leonard Cummings of Milwaukee, and six sisters, Mrs. Lucy Tikalsky of Brillon, Mrs. Lorraine Kapinos of Maribel, Mrs. Alice Lemberger of Whitelaw, Mrs. Bernice Pritzl of Grimms, Miss Leone Cummings of Manitowoc and Miss Ann Marie Cummings at home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times; p 1, col 4; Saturday 13 Apr 1946
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Manitowoc Herald Times; p.2 col 5; Monday 15 Apr 1946
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Myrtle Cummings Plunges to Her Death from VA Building
Grimms Girl, 25, Dies in Washington
Myrtle E. Cummings, 25, daughter of Mrs. William Cummings of Grimms, plunged to her death late yesterday afternoon from a fourth floor window in the Veterans' administration offices in Washington, DC. Detective Sergeant Harold C. Huffman said in a scribbled note found tucked in the girl's dress carried her name and the names of Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Nettles with whom she resided in Arlington, just outside Washington. Huffman said Miss Cummings left the office after closing time with two girl companions. He quoted the girls as saying Miss Cummings returned to her office for her umbrella. Police said no one observed the girl fall to her death but a night employee was attracted to an open window and swinging window shade. The body was found in an areaway about 20 feet below the street level. Doctors said Miss Cummings apparently died instantly. Huffman said heelmarks were found on the window ledge. Pvt. R.J. Cummings, brother of Miss Cummings, formerly stationed in Washington with the signal corps and now with a business machine company there, was notified of his sister's death late last night by a telephone call from Grimms. He made immediate arrangements to bring her body to Grimms. Mrs. Cummings was notified that her daughter was killed in an accident at about 7 o'clock last night. Miss Cummings was formerly employed in the offices of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company in Manitowoc and at the Holy Family hospital here and the St. Vincent hospital in Green Bay. She went to Washington just a year ago, her family said today. During the war she did decoding work for the government. At the end of the war she transferred to the Veterans administration.
Miss Cummings was born Nov 26, 1921 in Grimms. She attended the Grimms grade school and was graduated from the Reedsville high school. Survivors besides her mother include three brothers, Raymond of Washington, Michael J. Cummings of Grimms and Leonard Cummings of Milwaukee, and six sisters, Mrs. Lucy Tikalsky of Brillon, Mrs. Lorraine Kapinos of Maribel, Mrs. Alice Lemberger of Whitelaw, Mrs. Bernice Pritzl of Grimms, Miss Leone Cummings of Manitowoc and Miss Ann Marie Cummings at home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times; p 1, col 4; Saturday 13 Apr 1946
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Funeral services for Miss Myrtle E. Cummings, 25, daughter of Mrs. William Cummings, Grimms, who fell to her death Friday evening from the fourth floor of an adminstration building in Washington, will be held at 9:30 am Tuesday at the St. Patrick's Catholic church at Maple Grove. Burial will qbe in the church cemetery. The body may be viewed tonight at the Cummings home in Grimms.
Manitowoc Herald Times; p.2 col 5; Monday 15 Apr 1946
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Myrtle Cummings Plunges to Her Death from VA Building
Grimms Girl, 25, Dies in Washington
Myrtle E. Cummings, 25, daughter of Mrs. William Cummings of Grimms, plunged to her death late yesterday afternoon from a fourth floor window in the Veterans' administration offices in Washington, DC. Detective Sergeant Harold C. Huffman said in a scribbled note found tucked in the girl's dress carried her name and the names of Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Nettles with whom she resided in Arlington, just outside Washington. Huffman said Miss Cummings left the office after closing time with two girl companions. He quoted the girls as saying Miss Cummings returned to her office for her umbrella. Police said no one observed the girl fall to her death but a night employee was attracted to an open window and swinging window shade. The body was found in an areaway about 20 feet below the street level. Doctors said Miss Cummings apparently died instantly. Huffman said heelmarks were found on the window ledge. Pvt. R.J. Cummings, brother of Miss Cummings, formerly stationed in Washington with the signal corps and now with a business machine company there, was notified of his sister's death late last night by a telephone call from Grimms. He made immediate arrangements to bring her body to Grimms. Mrs. Cummings was notified that her daughter was killed in an accident at about 7 o'clock last night. Miss Cummings was formerly employed in the offices of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company in Manitowoc and at the Holy Family hospital here and the St. Vincent hospital in Green Bay. She went to Washington just a year ago, her family said today. During the war she did decoding work for the government. At the end of the war she transferred to the Veterans administration.
Miss Cummings was born Nov 26, 1921 in Grimms. She attended the Grimms grade school and was graduated from the Reedsville high school. Survivors besides her mother include three brothers, Raymond of Washington, Michael J. Cummings of Grimms and Leonard Cummings of Milwaukee, and six sisters, Mrs. Lucy Tikalsky of Brillon, Mrs. Lorraine Kapinos of Maribel, Mrs. Alice Lemberger of Whitelaw, Mrs. Bernice Pritzl of Grimms, Miss Leone Cummings of Manitowoc and Miss Ann Marie Cummings at home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times; p 1, col 4; Saturday 13 Apr 1946
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Manitowoc Herald Times; p.2 col 5; Monday 15 Apr 1946
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Myrtle Cummings Plunges to Her Death from VA Building
Grimms Girl, 25, Dies in Washington
Myrtle E. Cummings, 25, daughter of Mrs. William Cummings of Grimms, plunged to her death late yesterday afternoon from a fourth floor window in the Veterans' administration offices in Washington, DC. Detective Sergeant Harold C. Huffman said in a scribbled note found tucked in the girl's dress carried her name and the names of Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Nettles with whom she resided in Arlington, just outside Washington. Huffman said Miss Cummings left the office after closing time with two girl companions. He quoted the girls as saying Miss Cummings returned to her office for her umbrella. Police said no one observed the girl fall to her death but a night employee was attracted to an open window and swinging window shade. The body was found in an areaway about 20 feet below the street level. Doctors said Miss Cummings apparently died instantly. Huffman said heelmarks were found on the window ledge. Pvt. R.J. Cummings, brother of Miss Cummings, formerly stationed in Washington with the signal corps and now with a business machine company there, was notified of his sister's death late last night by a telephone call from Grimms. He made immediate arrangements to bring her body to Grimms. Mrs. Cummings was notified that her daughter was killed in an accident at about 7 o'clock last night. Miss Cummings was formerly employed in the offices of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company in Manitowoc and at the Holy Family hospital here and the St. Vincent hospital in Green Bay. She went to Washington just a year ago, her family said today. During the war she did decoding work for the government. At the end of the war she transferred to the Veterans administration.
Miss Cummings was born Nov 26, 1921 in Grimms. She attended the Grimms grade school and was graduated from the Reedsville high school. Survivors besides her mother include three brothers, Raymond of Washington, Michael J. Cummings of Grimms and Leonard Cummings of Milwaukee, and six sisters, Mrs. Lucy Tikalsky of Brillon, Mrs. Lorraine Kapinos of Maribel, Mrs. Alice Lemberger of Whitelaw, Mrs. Bernice Pritzl of Grimms, Miss Leone Cummings of Manitowoc and Miss Ann Marie Cummings at home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times; p 1, col 4; Saturday 13 Apr 1946
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