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Eva Marie Cummins 1902 - 1984

Eva Marie Cummins of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington United States was born on July 25, 1902 in Touchet, Walla Walla County, and died at age 81 years old on March 13, 1984 in Yakima, Yakima County. Eva Cummins was buried at Tahoma Cemetery 1802 Tahoma Ave, in Yakima.

Eva Marie Cummins

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington United States

July 25, 1902

Touchet, Walla Walla County, Washington, 99360, United States

March 13, 1984

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, United States

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Introduction

Eva Marie Cummins Paddison's mother was Eva Margaret (Crowe) Pierce Cummins (1868 - 1943) and her father was Robert Beatty Cummins (1873 -1950). She had siblings Robert, Winnard, and Theodore and half siblings Martha, Leon, Lillian, and LeRoy. When Eva was 17, she was living with her family in Culdesac, Idaho, and her father was a printer at a newspaper Eva married two times, the first time to Walter LeRoy Keyser (1903 - 1946), a missionary for the Baptist Church. They were married in 1935 in Burma and they had one son, Jan Peter Keyser (1936 - 2019), who was born in New Jersey. She then married Arthur David Paddison (1882 - 1976). Eva moved around a lot in her life, being born in Washington state, and growing up in Washington and Idaho. She attended college in Oregon and grad school in Berkeley, California. In between college and grad school, she taught school in Wrangell, Alaska. After grad school, she became a missionary in Burma and married another missionary. Their son was born in New Jersey. Eva eventually returned to Yakima County in Washington state where she passed away.
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1902

Birthday

July 25, 1902

Birthdate

Touchet, Walla Walla County, Washington 99360, United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Eva was Caucasian.
Nationality & Locations

Eva was born in Touchet, Washington but lived in Spokane, Washington as a child and then moved to Culdesac, Idaho with her family when she was a teen. After she graduated from college, she taught school in Wrangell, Alaska and when she was in grad school, she lived in Berkeley California. After grad school, Eva became a Baptist missionary-teacher in Burma (which was then part of India). After returning from Burma, she also lived in Salt Lake City, Utah and again in Yakima, Washington, where she died.
Early Life & Education

Eva graduated from Linfield College (1924), located in Oregon, taught for a few years, and then earned a M.A. from the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School (1929).
Religious Beliefs

Eva was a missionary-teacher for the Baptist Church.
Professional Career

After graduating from college in 1924, Eva taught school in Wrangell, Alaska. After she earned her M.A. from the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School in 1929, she went to Burma as a missionary-teacher.
Personal Life & Family

Married twice, Eva had one child, a son.
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1984

Death

March 13, 1984

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington United States
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Tahoma Cemetery 1802 Tahoma Ave, in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington 98902, United States
Burial location
Obituary

The following is a memorial to Eva contributed to Find A Grave: Eva Marie Cummins was born to Eva Margaret (Crowe) Pierce Cummins and Robert Beatty Cummins at Touchet, Washington. She graduated from Linfield College in 1924 and taught school for three years, two of them at Wrangell, AK, before earning a M.A. from the Berkeley Baptist divinity school in 1929. Later that year she went to Burma as a missionary-teacher for the Baptist Church. She married Baptist missionary Walter Leroy Keyser on Feb. 14, 1935, at Mandalay, Burma. They had one child, born at Atlantic City, NJ, before Walter died in 1946. She later married Arthur David Paddison. Contributor: Jon McConnel - [contact link]

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