Individual Details
Francis Clarence Cumpston
(15 Oct 1918 - 21 Sep 2004)
The Grand Island Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska, Wednesday, September 22, 2004: Lexington -- Francis C. Cumpston, 85, of Lexington died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, following a short illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Lexington, with the Rev. Todd Karges officiating. Burial will be in the Robb Cemetery south of Lexington, with Pastor Duane Russell officiating at graveside. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Reynolds-Love Funeral Chapel in Lexington, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8.
Mr. Cumpston was born on Oct.15, 1918, in Wild Horse Valley north of Brady to Francis Henry and Clarissa Catherine (McNeal) Cumpston. Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Virginia; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and Bett Cumpston of Grand Island, Richard and Lori Cumpston of Lexington; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Donald and Barbara Cumpston of Weeping Water, Leonard and Phyllis Cumpston of Pitman, N.J., and Harold and Lorretta Cumpston of Carroll, Iowa; a sister, Naomi Prato of Baltimore; a brother-in-law, Luther Miller of Gothenburg; and a sister-in-law, Janice Cumpston of Grand Island.
Also surviving are two grandchildren and their spouses, Joshua and Allene Cumpston of Hastings and Jill and Joseph Sandmeier of Rochester, N.Y.; and five great-grandchildren, Katie, Trevor and Tyler Cumpston, Alyssa and Jacob Sandmeier.
Francis was raised in Wild Horse Valley north of Brady and attended Gothenburg High School. He was united in marriage to Virginia Elaine Dodge on May 29, 1940, in Gothenburg. He lived most of his adult life in Lexington.
Francis worked most of his life as a mechanic. He could fix anything. Francis worked many years at the Ford dealership in Lexington, Rosenberg's, Dawson County Implement, and owned and operated Lexington Implement. In later years, he was head custodian at the Lexington Public Schools.
He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and all types of hunting, especially deer. He also loved children he met at school, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and his great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an unborn grandchild; an unborn great-grandchild; four sisters, Ruby, Virginia Brixius/Keiser, Lavonne Randle, and Wanda Miller; and two brothers, Leo and James.
Memorials are kindly suggested to the Cumpston Family.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Lexington, with the Rev. Todd Karges officiating. Burial will be in the Robb Cemetery south of Lexington, with Pastor Duane Russell officiating at graveside. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Reynolds-Love Funeral Chapel in Lexington, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8.
Mr. Cumpston was born on Oct.15, 1918, in Wild Horse Valley north of Brady to Francis Henry and Clarissa Catherine (McNeal) Cumpston. Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Virginia; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and Bett Cumpston of Grand Island, Richard and Lori Cumpston of Lexington; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Donald and Barbara Cumpston of Weeping Water, Leonard and Phyllis Cumpston of Pitman, N.J., and Harold and Lorretta Cumpston of Carroll, Iowa; a sister, Naomi Prato of Baltimore; a brother-in-law, Luther Miller of Gothenburg; and a sister-in-law, Janice Cumpston of Grand Island.
Also surviving are two grandchildren and their spouses, Joshua and Allene Cumpston of Hastings and Jill and Joseph Sandmeier of Rochester, N.Y.; and five great-grandchildren, Katie, Trevor and Tyler Cumpston, Alyssa and Jacob Sandmeier.
Francis was raised in Wild Horse Valley north of Brady and attended Gothenburg High School. He was united in marriage to Virginia Elaine Dodge on May 29, 1940, in Gothenburg. He lived most of his adult life in Lexington.
Francis worked most of his life as a mechanic. He could fix anything. Francis worked many years at the Ford dealership in Lexington, Rosenberg's, Dawson County Implement, and owned and operated Lexington Implement. In later years, he was head custodian at the Lexington Public Schools.
He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and all types of hunting, especially deer. He also loved children he met at school, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and his great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an unborn grandchild; an unborn great-grandchild; four sisters, Ruby, Virginia Brixius/Keiser, Lavonne Randle, and Wanda Miller; and two brothers, Leo and James.
Memorials are kindly suggested to the Cumpston Family.
Events
| Birth | 15 Oct 1918 | Brady, Lincoln Co., Nebraska |  | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Age: 1; Age: 1 4/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Antelope, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Peckham, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA | | ||
| Marriage | 29 May 1940 | Virginia Elaine Dodge | | ||
| Death | 21 Sep 2004 | Lexington, Dawson Co., Nebraska | | ||
| Alt name | Francis Cumpston | | |||
| civil | Nebraska | | |||
| Burial | Robb Cemetery, Smithfield, Gosper Co., Nebraska | | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Virginia Elaine Dodge (1921 - 2012) |
| Father | Francis "Frank" Henry Cumpston (1892 - 1958) |
| Mother | Clarissa "Katie" Catherine McNeal (1898 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Virginia Mae Cumpston (1920 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Naomi Cumpston (1922 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Leonard R Cumpston (1926 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Harold Lee Cumpston (1928 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Opal LaVonne Cumpston (1930 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Donald Jean Cumpston (1932 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Wanda Gale Cumpston (1934 - 2001) |
| Sibling | James E. Cumpston (1936 - 2002) |
Notes
Research Notes
Posted at O. D. T.---CUMPSTON, Francis C; 85; Lexington NE; Grand Island D-I; 2004-9-22; jboiCUMPSTON, Francis C; 85; Lexington NE; Kearney Hub; 2004-9-22; jrp
Endnotes
6. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.