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Lillian Anderegg Cummings
Lillian Anderegg Cummings

Lillian Anderegg Cummings age 96, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2020 in La Jolla, CA. She was born February 18, 1924 in Monroe, WI to Swiss immigrants, John and Elizabeth Anderegg.

She was a graduate of Juda High School and UW-Madison and began work as a dietician in Seattle, WA. It is there she met her husband, the late Rear Admiral Ward Cummings. They were married in Porterville, CA on February 19, 1947.

She became a widow at the young age of 50 when she lost her husband in an aircraft accident.

She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and four-times great-grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters; Clara (Tom) Waelti, Margaret (Richard) Wyss, and Ruth (Charles) Ingold; two brothers; John (Hedy) Anderegg, and Bob (Nancy) Anderegg.

She was preceded in death by her sister Helen (Hal) Furman.

She will lay to rest at Arlington National Cemetery alongside her beloved Ward.

Lillian was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Church in Monroe.

Memorials can be sent to St. John’s Church in Monroe.