Richard Allen Cummings

1948 - 2025

Meridian, id - Richard Allen Cummings was born August 26, 1948 in Kearney, Neb., and passed away on August 11, 2025 in Boise, Idaho. He lived in the Kearney area until he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where he majored in physics and mathematics (and sailing on Lake Michigan!). In 1974, he married Roxanne Truax in Mobridge, S.D. Richard graduated from the University of Nebraska Law School the following year, moved to Boise, and began a legal career that lasted nearly 50 years.

Richard was not only a devoted husband and father; he was a uniquely high-energy, intellectually curious person who served in numerous leadership roles for a wide variety of organizations while pursuing an astonishing array of other interests and working with thousands of legal clients.

He is survived by his wife, Roxanne; a son, Spencer, and his wife (Michelle Grohs) and their daughters Austyn and Avery, all of Boise; a daughter, Tori, her husband (Joey Couch) and granddaughter Dakota of Fort Worth, Texas; his siblings: Barbara (Ron Tuttle) of Kearney, Neb., and Robert (Colleen Doyle) of Phoenix, Ariz., and six nieces and nephews.



An open house in Richard's memory will be held on November 22, 2025. For details, please call Richard A. Cummings Law Office at 208-367-0722. Monetary gifts honoring Richard may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho or the Greater Boise Rotary Foundation.