Alice S. Kummer

Alice S. Kummer Alice S. Kummer, 86, passed away Monday, June 1, 2009, at the Winter Park Towers Health Center, Winter Park, Fla. Through the wonderful help of the nurses of the Hospice of the Comforter, her passing was quiet and peaceful. Born January 15, 1923, in Swissvale, Pa., to Daisy and Albert Shultz, she and her mother moved to Orlando in 1947. There she met and soon married Charles O. ("Buddy") Kummer. Alice helped out at her husband's family hardware and building materials business, Kummer Lumber Co. She also volunteered with many civic organizations including PTA's, forty-six (46) years as a Pink Lady at the Winter Park Memorial Hospital, 30 plus years with the Winter Park Fireman's Auxiliary, and sixty-two (62) years as a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Winter Park. Alice was a long time member of the Winter Park First United Methodist Church. The Winter Park City Commission declared November 11, 1997, as Bud and Alice Kummer Day in recognition of their combined long years of service to the Winter Park community. Surviving Alice are her five sons, Charles (Connie) of Havana, Fla., Edward/Butch (Harriett) of Woodstock, Ga., Gerald (Kunie) of Herford, Ariz., James (Betty) of Tallahassee, Fla., and Lynnwood/Chip (Robin) of Conyers, Ga.; six grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Christine Kummer Kilbourne; two nieces, her long time friend and "adopted daughter" Lynette Garnett, and long time family friend and "adopted daughter" Beth Simmons Stapor. A Masonic Eastern Star memorial service will be held for Alice on Saturday, August 8, at 11 a.m. EDT at the Winter Park Masonic Lodge, 1495 Grand Road, Winter Park, Fla. A reception will follow at the Masonic Lodge. Her ashes will be buried next to her husband and her mother in Winter Park's Palm Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Order of the Eastern Star Pioneer Chapter #99, c/o Lynette Garnett, 807 Floral Drive, Orlando, FL 32803, or Hospice of the Comforter 480 W. Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, thecomforter.org">www.hospiceof thecomforter.org. Alice will be missed dearly by her sons whose characters she shaped, her extended family, and the thousands of friends she made over her lifetime. Carey Hand Cox-Parker Funeral Home is handling arrangements (407) 647-1942.