Leigh E. Cummings Sr.

    Cummings, Leigh E. Sr., 85, January 1, 2012.  Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home, Houlton.  Interment to be held in the St. Mary’s Cemetery, Houlton.
    HOULTON – Leigh E. Cummings Sr., 85, passed away January 1, 2012 surrounded by his family at a local health care facility. He was born Dec. 10, 1926 in New Limerick, the only child of E. Cecil and Eva E. (Brawn) Cummings. His mother died when he was 8 months old.
    Leigh enlisted in the U.S. Army immediately after his graduation from Houlton High School in 1945. He served an overseas tour in Germany and returned to Houlton to marry his high school sweetheart, Sylvia Crawford. He went to work for Riley’s Market in 1947 and Almon H. Fogg Co. in 1954, where he remained until his retirement in 1992. He was a devoted fan of high school basketball and a member of St. Mary’s Church of Houlton.
    He is survived by his wife, Sylvia; five children, Eva Brown, Nancy St. Hilaire, Leigh Jr. and wife, Sandy, Michael and wife, Nancy, and Terry and wife, Crystal; twenty grand-children; twenty great-grand-children; many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; stepmother; a daughter-in-law; and two grandsons. The family expresses its appreciation to Dr. Abouleish and the staff of Madigan Estates for the excellent care Leigh received during his extended illness.
    Friends called 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, at Bowers Funeral Home, 10 Water St., Houlton, and may call 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, at St. Mary’s Church, 110 Military St., Houlton, where a Mass of Christian burial will begin at 11 a.m. Interment will be at St Mary’s Cemetery. For an online guest book and to leave condolences, please visit www.bowersfuneral.com.