Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Lillian Elizabeth Cummins ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Lillian Elizabeth Cummins
LAST NAME: Cummins FIRST NAME: Lillian MIDDLE NAME: Elizabeth NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Porter AKA 1: Hill AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 20 Apr 1905 DIED: 20 Oct 1996 BURIED: 4 Nov 1996
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Owner - Cummins Care Center
BIRTH PLACE:  Marcus, Cherokee Co., Iowa
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

AFB #01122 - Lillian Elizabeth Cummins b. Marcus, Iowa, 20 April 1905 d. Salem, Oregon 20 Oct 1996 Salem, Oregon, interment 4 Nov 1996 in Lot #820, next of kin Ruby E. Zetterberg (dau) of Salem. Lillian was the second wife of David Cummins and they owned an operated a Group Home on Hood St. in Salem.

BIRTH Lillian Elizabeth Olive Porter Cummins, of 1060 Mill St, SE, Salem, Oregon; born 29 Apr 1905, Marcus, Cherokee co, Iowa; father Edgar Alonzo Porter (b Iowa); mother Adelina Elizabeth Crabb (b Devonshire, England); delayed birth record filed 22 July 1966

1910 IA CENSUS Lillia E.O. Porter (5y, b Iowa) enumerated with parents Edgar A. (28y, b Iowa, married 7y, farmer) and Elizabeth A. (28y, b England, mother of 5 children) and 4 siblings, all born in Iowa, George B. (6y), Violet R. (3y), Edith (2y) and Clyde (7m)

1920 MN CENSUS Lillian Porter (14y, b Iowa) enumerated with parents E.A. (38y, b Iowa, farm proprietor) and Adeline (37y, b England, immigrated 1890, naturalized) and 3 siblings, George (15y, b Iowa), Violet (12y, b Iowa) and Clyde (12y, b Iowa)

1st MARRIAGE Jesse Oliver Hill & Lillian Elizabeth Porter md 16 Jan 1922, Carlton co, Minnesota

1930 OR CENSUS Lillian E. Hill (24y, b Iowa, married at age 16y) enumerated with husband Jesse O. (30y, b Iowa, married at age 22y, laborer) and 4 children, Ruby E. (7y, b Wisconsin), Dorothy H. (5y, b Wisc), Donald L. (3y, b Wisc) and Clifford H. (1m, b Oregon); they were living with the family of Jesse’s parents, Nathan J. Hill (63y, b Wisconsin, married at age 19y, laborer) and Julia N. Hill (49y, b Iowa, married at age 17y), Jesse’s 2 brothers, Arlo A. Hill (27y, b Iowa, laborer) and Wesley A. Hill (14y, b Iowa) and Nathan’s step-father Oscar C. Smith (75y, b Missouri, widowed)

NOTE husband Jesse Hill died 9 Aug 1930 in Salem and was buried in Rosedale Friends Cemetery in Marion Co

2nd MARRIAGE David L. Cummins (52y 8m 17d, of 260 State St, Salem, b Iowa, truck driver, 2nd marriage) and Lillian E. Hill (29y 7m 9d, of 1220 Hoyt, Salem, b Hinton, Iowa, 2nd marriage) md 8 Dec 1934, Salem, Marion co, Oregon

1940 OR CENSUS Lillian E.O. Cummins (34y, b Iowa) enumerated with husband D. Leslie (58y, b Iowa, truck operator) and 5 children, Harold L. Cummins (4y), Elsie E. Cummins (2y), Dorothy F. Hill (15y, b Wisconsin), Donald L. Hill (13, b Wisconsin) and Clifford J. Hill (10y, b Oregon); family was living in the same place in 1935; also with the family were 2 lodgers, Oscar R. Teach and Ellsworth Fouler

1950 OR CENSUS Lillian E. Cummins (45y, b Iowa, care home manager), enumerated with husband David L. (68y, b Iowa, janitor), and 3 children, Clifford J. Hill (20y, b Oregon), Harold L. Cummins (14y, b Oregon) and Elsie E. Cummins (12y, b Oregon)


 

OBITUARY: 

Lillian Elizabeth Cummins April 29, 1905 - Oct. 30, 1996 Lillian Cummins, 91, of Salem died Wednesday. Born in Marcus, Iowa, she moved to Salem in 1930 and owned Cummins Care Home for many years. 
She was the oldest and longest attending member of Faith Temple Church. Her husband David L. died in 1974. 
Survivors include daughter, Ruby Drennan Zetterbeg, of Salem; step-daughters, Clara Gooden of Salem, and Lois Stenberg of Sweet Home; sons, Donald L. Hill and Harold L. Cummins, both of Salem, and Clifford J. Hill of Albany; stepson, David Cummins of Lebanon, brother George E. Porter of Minneapolis; nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Visiting will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, and services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, both in Barrick mortuary. Interment will be in Pioneer Cemetery.
source - newspaper clipping, not cited, attached to authorization for burial.

INSCRIPTION: 

Cummins
Lillian Elizabeth
1905-1996 
[shares marker with David L. Cummins and Lora Cummins]

SOURCES: 

LR
LD 
AFB #01122 
Saucy Survey & Photographs

ODI

Iowa Delayed Birth Records (Ancestry.com)

1910 IA CENSUS Franklin co, Richland, ED 161, sheet 4A)

1920 MN CENSUS (Carlton Co, Twin Lakes, ED 5, sheet 10A)

Minnesota Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

1930 OR CENSUS (Lane Co, Eugene, ED 51, sheet 1A)

Oregon Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Croisan, ED  24-12, sheet 2B)

1950 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-15, sheet 3)

CONTACTS: 
LOT: 820 SPACE: 3 SW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
IMAGES: