SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. – Joseph Francis “Joe” Cummings Jr., 85, died at Satu-rday, Sept. 10, 2005, of complications from pneumonia at Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital. He was the former husband of the late Antoinette F. “Netta” (Ragonese) Cummings of Southborough, who died in 2002. He leaves behind two daughters, Cynthia J. (Cummings) Neprash and her husband, Brian, of Durham, and Martha T. Cummings of Portsmouth, R.I.; two sons, Joseph F. Cummings III and wife, Ann Marie, of Upton, and Anthony M. Cummings of New Orleans, La.; two grandsons, Joseph F. Cummings IV and Paul B. Cummings of Medford; and two sisters, Beatrice (Cummings) McGrath of Ashland and Shirley (Cummings) Kane of Hudson, as well as many nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Louisa (Cummings) Miller of Groton, and Mary (Cummings) Landsburg of Boston. Calling hours will be held 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the John P. Rowe Funeral Home, Inc., 57 Main St., Marlborough. Funeral services will be held 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the funeral home, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Anne Church, 20 Boston Road, Southborough. Burial will follow in his parents’ plot with full military honors in Rural Cemetery, Southborough (Route 85). Memorial donations in his memory may be made to charity of one’s own choice. <
JOSEPH F. ‘JOE’ CUMMINGS JR.
