June Christine Cummings

December 30, 1924 - April 25, 2017

June Christine (Stopf) Cummings, age 92, of Seaford DE and Cambridge MD, passed away on April 25, 2017, at the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Hospital in Cambridge, MD. She was born on December 30, 1924, in Poughkeepsie, NY, the youngest daughter of the late Ernest F. and Minnie (Hoffman) Stopf. As a young girl, Mrs. Cummings traveled with her family from New York to Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Texas as they looked for work during the depression. She remembered picking blueberries and cotton in her travels. She married the love of her life, Samuel C. Cummings, Jr. on January 1, 1943, in Raleigh NC while he was in the service, and they were married for 62 years when he passed away on November 5, 2005. They made their home in Seaford, DE where they raised their family. Mrs. Cummings was a Den Mother with the Cub Scouts and she helped her husband with his business, S. C. Cummings & Son. In the 1970’s she became the Manager of the Flagship Restaurant for about 10 years. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cummings was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel C. Cummings, Jr.; her sons: Samuel C. Cummings, III in 1955, and Lawrence L Cummings in 1993: her brother, Ernest F Stopf, Jr.; her sisters: Anna L Wade, Virginia Uplinger, Victoria Clawson and Rose Milligan. She is survived by her children: Barbara Robinson (Herb) of Cambridge MD, Ronald Cummings (Jill) of Seaford DE, Carol Sapna (George) of Seaford DE, and daughter-in-law, Cynthia Cummings; her grandchildren: George Robinson, IV, Cambridge MD, Debra Powell (Jeff) Salisbury MD, Gwen Wallace, Harrisburg NC, CW4 Christopher Cummings (Jamie), Fort Leavenworth KS, Kenneth Cummings (Michelle), Seaford DE, George Sapna III (Justina), Seaford DE, Scott Sapna (Shannon), Lewes DE, Brian Cummings (Amber), Seaford DE, Kathleen Owens (Jay), Georgetown DE, Derrick Cummings, NH; and her step-grandchildren: Steve Wisniewski (Tiffany), Darlington MD and Lauri Slone, Seaford DE. She is also survived by 22 great-grandchildren: Elizabeth Powell, Chase Powell, Jonathan Powell, Caroline Powell, Sarah Robinson, Megan Wallace, Will Wallace, Mackenzie Cummings, Sam Cummings, Carter Cummings, Cole Cummings, Lane Cummings, Ty Cummings, Trent Sapna, Macy Sapna Isabella Sapna, George Sapna, IV, Jack Owens, III, Olivia Owens, Julia Owens; and step-great-grandchildren: Wesley Wisniewski and Addyson Wisniewski. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 4:00 PM, at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 300 Pine Street, Seaford DE, where friends and family may call beginning at 3:00 PM. Interment will follow the services at Odd Follows Cemetery, 514 3rd Street, Seaford. Please sign the online guestbook located on this site. FLORIST NOTE: PLEASE DELIVER ALL FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS BY 10 AM SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017 TO WATSON-YATES FUNERAL HOME, SEAFORD.