James B. Cummings

James Brice Cummings, 92, passed away Thursday September 29, 2022 at home with his loving wife Jean at his side.

Jim was born April 21, 1930 in Ogema Wisconsin to William and Mable (Heckne) Cummings.

The roots of the Cummings family run deep in Ogema. Jim often told of his grandfather, Arthur, who paddled a canoe from Chippewa Falls to the spot which became the family’s homestead.

Jim lived nearly his entire life within a two mile stretch along County Road I. He knew every crook in the Jump River and branches on the trees that framed the rural farm fields. Jim loved and respected his parents and often told fond
memories of the farm life he and his siblings shared. He said as a boy, he would run everywhere. To the neighbors, to greet his dad in the field, to the barn, to the river. He once said, “I would run, just to feel the wind.”

Jim married Helen Pearson and shortly after served in the US Army stationed in Georgia. They raised their children on a farm not far from the Ogema
homestead. Cathy, Jeff (Sue), Craig (Joyce), Randall (Jeanne) and Todd (Joani) still reside in the area. From birth to now, he loved his children fiercely.

In 1987, Jim married Jean Juhasz and cared deeply for her daughters, Christy, Debi (Steve), Becky (Brian) and Julie (Lloyd).

From all “Jim’s kids”, he leaves a legacy of 23 grandchildren and 21 great
grandchildren.

Jim was baptized at the age of 85, accepting Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He
grew in faith every day until his last. Forgiveness, acceptance, and love became
part of his daily life. The last few months of Jim’s life he would say “I know Whose hands I am in.” And it is in Those hands we know he will be.

Jim Cummings will be missed every day until we see him once again, “running just to feel the wind”.

Internment: Sunday October 9th at 2 pm. Hillside Cemetery, Ogema Wisconsin.