Ella Mae (Cummings) Griffith (1927 - 1997)

Born 18 Mar 1927 in Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Donald Dewayne Griffith — married 1946 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1997 at age 70 in Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Census

1930: Malcom, Poweshiek Co, IA pg. 4B ^[1]

• Scott Cummings age 29 IA/IA/IA
• Erma age 25 IA/IA/IA
• Ella May age 3 IA/IA/IA

1940: Malcom, Poweshiek Co, IA pg. 4A ^[2]

• Scott J. Cummings age 39, widowed
• Ella May age 13
• Marvin S age 4

1950: Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa ^[3]

• Donald D Griffith 29 Head IN Truck Driver/Livestock Co
• Ella Mae Griffith 23 Wife IA
• Roger D Griffith 3 Son IA
• Judith M Griffith 2 Daughter IA

Obituary

Montezuma Republican; Oct. 1, 1997 ELLA MAE GRIFFITH, 70; Ella Mae Griffith, 70, of Bloomfield and formerly of Grinnell died on Wednesday, September 24, 1997 at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Mrs. Griffith was born on March 18, 1927 in Malcom to John Scott and Irma Mae Marvin Cummings. She was raised in Malcom and graduated from Malcom High School. She was married to Donald Griffith in Malcom and the couple lived in Malcom, where she was a homemaker. She moved to Grinnell in the late 1970s and she lived at Brookside South. In May of 1997, she moved to a nursing home in Bloomfield. She is survived by one daughter, Judy Sonzalla of Golden, Colo.; two sons, Roger Griffith and Brett Griffith, both of Malcom; seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one brother, Marvin Cummings of Brooklyn. Mrs. Gifffith was preceded in death by her parents and an infant daughter, Cheryl Griffith. Funeral services were September 26 at the Smith Funeral Home with burial in the Ivy Hill Cemetery at Malcom. ^[4]

Burial

Ivy Hill Cemetery, Malcom, Poweshiek Co, Iowa: ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa; Roll: 680; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 305.0; FHL microfilm: 2340415
2. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa; Roll: T627_1200; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 79-19
3. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa; Roll: 2322; Sheet Number: 13; Enumeration District: 79-25
4. ↑ http://iagenweb.org/boards/poweshiek/obituaries/index.cgi?review=275829
5. ↑ http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81145917

• Social Security Death Index: 484260735