Maxine Mae Cummings Baumann ”1924 - 2014”

Maxine Mae Cummings Baumann

She Walks in Beauty One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. Lord Byron

Maxine Mae Cummings Baumann age 89, passed from this life surrounded by her loving family, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Independence, Mo., following an illness. Mrs Baumann was born May 27, 1924, in Wyandotte, Okla. She was the daughter of the late Christine S. Cummings and granddaughter of the late Lucy M. Smith. She was a lifetime area resident. She was a descendant of the Seneca Cayuga Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles, tending her vegetable and flower gardens and watching and feeding birds. She was married to Walter Lee Baumann on March 23, 1947, in Miami, Okla. He passed away Dec. 22, 2013. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Donald Cummings, Melvin Reed and Winston Reed. Surviving is one daughter, Janice Longsine and husband, Gregg, of Lenexa, Kan.; two sons, Darrell Bauman, of Joplin, Mo., and Mark Baumann and wife, Gail, of Independence; five grandchildren, Emily Howell, Blue Springs, Mo., Karri Lee and Julie Baumann, Independence, and Matthew and Michael Baumann, of Joplin; and five great-grandchildren, Chase and Blake Baumann, of Joplin, and Ava, Grace and Lila Howell, of Blue Springs. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena, Kan. Pastor Ed Pope will officiate. Burial will be in Baxter Cemetery, Baxter Springs, Kan. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service time. Resource: www.derfeltfuneralhome.com

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