CUMMINGS, Charles Taylor, of Lynden died Monday, May 10, 1993. He was 83. Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. Friday at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden. A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Reformed Church with the Rev. Mark deWaard officiating. Burial will follow in Lynden Cemetery. He was born July 25, 1909, in Medford, Mass., to Louis W. and Edith Sterns Taylor Cummings. In his training to be a high school teacher, he received degrees from Colgate University in Hamilton, N. Y., Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and Syracuse University, also in New York. Mr. Cummings worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co. during World War II. He married Virginia Mansfield on April 15, 1941, in Medford. They moved to Washington in 1943. Mr. Cummings developed an interest in the piano, taking lessons from expert teachers. He loved music, especially the pipe organ. In 1967, he moved from Port Townsend to Lynden, where he was a member of First Reformed Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a brother, Robert. He is survived by his wife of the family home; son David Cummings of Boardman, Ore.; daughters Lois Edney of Washougal and Eide Brown of Portland, Ore.; stepson H. L. Chase of Okanogan; 12 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Arrangements by Gillies Funeral Home.
