Caroline E. Cummings of Warwick passed away peacefully at St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. She was 87 years old.
She was born in Cooks Falls on Oct. 20, 1932, the daughter of Edna (nee Barheit) and Thomas Dugan. She was predeceased by her husband Edward J. Cummings (1990).
Caroline was one of 13 children and worked as a dietary aide for Mount Alverno in Warwick for many years. She was an active member of the Catholic Daughters of St. Theresa of Lisieux and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians both in the years she lived in Brooklyn and while she was a parishioner of St. Stephen in Warwick.
Caroline is survived by her three sons: Edward J. Cummings and his wife Jorgine of Beaverton, Oregon, Eugene T. Cummings and his wife Arlene of Pine Bush, and Richard Cummings and his wife Susan of Westtown. She is also survived by her sister Christina Eck of Hornell; brother Ernest Dugan of Deposit; and daughter-in-law Noreen Cummings of Warwick. Also surviving are her 14 grandchildren: Erica Vollano of Napanoch; Eugene T. Cummings Jr. of Warwick; Kerri Dec, Erin Muro, Kristi Cummings, Megan Cummings all of Pine Bush; Denise Cummings of Beaverton, Oregon; Kristin Holsapple of Portland, Oregon; Edward Cummings III of Beaverton, Oregon; Kenneth Cummings and Kyle Cummings both of Warwick; Ashley Cummings of Baltimore, Maryland; and Richard Cummings,Jr. of Westtown; as well as 11 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her son Kenneth Cummings, daughter Diane M. Carty, granddaughter Tara Fachini, and 10 siblings.
Visitation was held Jan. 29 at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick.
A Funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 30 at St. Stephen RC Church, 75 Sanfordville Road, Warwick.
Interment followed at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Montclair, N.J.
Donations in her memory may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDRF, 200 Vesey Street - 28th Floor, New York, NY 1028 or at https://www.jdrf.org/
Arrangements were made by Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home. To send an online condolence, visit www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.