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Helen Fern Sandeen-Cummings
b. 01/02/1899 - d. 09/23/1972
Helen was born in Trail, Minnesota and died in Gary,
Indiana. She was the daughter of Christine (Larsson) and Ola
Sandeen. Married to Allen B. Cummings, 06/07/1924 in
Leonard, Minnesota. He was born in High Forest Township near
Rochester, Minnesota, the son of Fayette and Elisabeth
Cummings. He died 1965 in Gary.
Helen was a registered nurse. She had her training at the
Warren, Minnesota, hospital and graduated from there in
1920. She subsequently worked in a hospital in St. Paul,
Minnesota, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and at Cook
County Hospital in Chicago. Allen was also a nurse. He met
Helen when they both worked at the Mayo Clinic. After they
were married they lived on Kedzie Avenue on Chicago's South
side. During the depression years Allen worked at odd jobs
in Chicago and Helen managed a boarding house. In the early
'30s, Allen secured a position at the first aid clinic of
the Buffington cement plant in Indiana Harbor, a subsidiary
of US Steel. He remained at this job for 30 years until he
retired.
They had their last home in Gary, Indiana, which their
son Jack built himself.
- JACK CUMMINGS, born 12/8 1925 in Chicago, son
of Helen (Sandeen) and Allen Cummings. Jack was a steel
worker in Gary before he moved to Minnesota. He married
Betty Hoffman 07/23/1977. She has three children from a
previous marriage:
- SUE, married Wrobleski;
- JOYEE, married Thies
- TODD.
- RICHARD (DICK) WALLACE CUMMINGS, born 06/03
1927 in Chicago. Son of Helen (Sandeen) and Allen
Cummings. Married to Joy Joan Davis, born 04/28/1935 in
Lawrenceville, Illinois. Dick is an engineer and was
employed by Cities Service Company in Whiting, Indiana,
for 25 years. After the family moved to Salt Lake City,
Utah, Dick Worked for Amoco Oil Company for 17 years
until he retired. Dick has photography as a hobby with
nature scenery as a speciality. He sells his virtually
professional work. Joy assists him with developing and
framing. In 1948 Joy's family moved to Lehi, Utah, where
she graduated from high school in 1953. That same year
she moved to Whiting where she worked as a telephone
operator. That's where she met Dick. Joy's hobby is to
collect and restore antiques. Among her possessions is a
rocking chair that the Mormons brought with them when
they were forced to leave their colony in Nauvoo,
Illinois, for Utah, where they settled in what is now
Salt Lake City
- MICHAEL (Mike) William Cummings, born
11/09/1956 in Hammond, Indiana, son of Dick and Joy
(Davis) Cummings. Married 04/29/1977 to Karen Kendall.
Following his high school graduation, Mike enrolled in
the Utah National Guard. When not on duty he worked as
a carpenter and as a cook, sometimes for the
University of Utah and the Utah State Prison. He is
now a captain in the National Guard with full time
duty. Mike and and Karen were divorced, remarried each
other and divorced again. They have two children
together, JUSTIN and Andres. Mike is now married to
Julie, nee Simi. Julie is a registered nurse and a
lieutenant in the National Guard.
- SCOTT Eric Cummings, born 07/14 1960, son
of Dick and Joy (Davis) Cummings. He is a nursery man
with his own business. He is not married.
- DAVID (Dave) Bradley Cummings, born
01/22/1965 in Gary, Indiana. Son of Dick and Joy
(Davis) Cummings. Married 06/18/1994 to Kari Lee, nee
Corley. (She was previously married to Dwight Golden
Durfey, divorced 1991). Dave looks forward to a career
as an artist. Kari is a therapist.
- DEBORAH Lynn Cummings, born 5/3 1955 in
Hammond, Indiana, daughter of Dick and Joy (Davis)
Cummings. Married 10/3 1975 to Lloyd Hart, divorced
1977. After the divorce she enlisted in the US Navy
and served with the "Seabees." For a time she was
stationed at the US Guantanamo Bay naval station in
Cuba. At the end of her tour of duty there, she
married Leon Maynor from Scottsboro, Arkansas. He,
also, served in the Navy. Later they were both
stationed in San Francisco and in Corpus Christi,
Texas. Their marriage lasted five years, and since
then Deborah has continued her education and is now a
civil engineer, having graduated magna cum Laude. She
is now practicing her profession in Fort Payne,
Alabama.
- DOROTHY CUMMINGS-SOBAK, born 2/4 1930 in Chicago,
daughter of Helen (Sandeen) and Allen Cummings. Married
1954 to Louis R. Sobak, born 6/2 1932 in Joliet,
Illinois. He was a millwright with Inland Steel Company
in East Chicago, Indiana, before he retired. In 1994,
they lived in Superior, Wisconsin, but have since moved
back to Indiana.
- Louis R. Sobak, Jr., born 09/22/1956 in Hammond,
Indiana. Son of Dorothy (Cummings) and Louis R. Sobak,
Sr. He is a music teacher in Chicago.
- LEE Sobak, 06/09/1959 - 06/20/1967 (cystic
fibrosis). Son of Dorothy (Cummings) and Louis
Sobak.
JOAN CUMMINGS-JOHNSSON, daughter of Helen (Sandeen) and
Allen Cummings. (Pertinent information about Joan is
lacking.)
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