Alice Cummings Putnam Obituary (1908 - 2002)

ALICE CUMMINGS PUTNAM OGDENa"Alice Cummings Putnam, 94, passed away September 13, 2002. She was born May 20, 1908 in Salt Lake City, to George Saxton and Sarah Hall Saxton. She married Lorenzo (Ren) John Cummings on May 23, 1928, in the Salt Lake Temple. He died in 1968 in Tremonton, UT. On April 29, 1976 she married Charles Putnam, and they had 26 happy years together. Alice was always an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, holding many leadership and teaching positions. She was loved and respected by her family, neighbors and friends, and always set a good example of unwavering faith in the Savior. She enjoyed having a beautiful home and keeping it spotless. She never allowed any contention there, which allowed a feeling of love to abound. She always wanted to feed you and do something for you. She enjoyed the outdoors and nature, and her backyard was full of bird feeders and baths, where she loved to watch the many birds that came. She was a wonderful mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and friend. She was easy to love and had a cute sense of humor that never left her, even when she was very ill. She will be greatly missed. She was a member of the Seagull Camp Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She is survived by her husband, Charles Putnam; sons: Lorenzo John (LaJean) Cummings, Stephen Allen (LaVern) Cummings and Roger Lee (Linda) Cummings; daughter-in-law Colleen; 13 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She is also survived by her stepchildren: Charles (Ruth) Putnam, Janice (Ralph) Christensen, Margaret Harris and Judy Wood; 12 step-grandchildren, and 32 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, parents, two brothers, three sisters and a son, David Saxton Cummings. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Roy 5865 South 1900 West Roy, UT 84067 September 15, 2002 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM ServiceMyers Mortuary of Roy 5865 South 1900 West Roy, UT 84067 September 16, 2002 11:00 AM CemeteryMemorial Estates Memorial Park 6500 South Redwood Rd. Salt Lake City, UT September 16, 2002 1:30 PM