Wesley "Wes" Cummings

Husband, Father, Grand-father and Great-grandfather, Wesley "Wes" Cummings was born December 30, 1939 in La Junta, Colorado to Merrell Price and Katie Bernice (Parrish) Cummings. He passed away August 2, 2024, while in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 84.

Wes attended a one room school in rural South East Colorado through his elementary years before the family moved to La Junta. After graduation from La Junta High School, he attended the Electronic Technical Institute in Denver, Colorado earning an Advanced Electronic Technician diploma and a Federal Communications Commission General Radiotelephone Operator License. Following graduation he worked for Martin Marietta in Denver as a test technician for the Titan Rocket systems.

In 1969, he moved to the San Francisco Bay area to work for United Airlines as an avionics technician. While in California he met and married Margaret "Meg" Johnston of Durango in 1971. Wanting to raise their family back home in Colorado, they moved to Mancos in 1981 where Wes and his father built the family home. Meg and Wes raised their three children, and he worked for Colorado Ute Electric, later Tri State G&T, until retiring in 2003. From an early age he had a passion for planes and flying, earning his private pilot's license. For 25 years he was fortunate to fly his Cessna 182.

Surviving Wes are his spouse of 53 years, Meg; children: Randy (Carrie) Atkinson of Alamosa, Mike (Diane) Atkinson of Rolla, Missouri, Erin (Ryan) Briscoe of Homer, Alaska, Greg (Andrea) Cummings of Grand Junction, & Alan (Emily) Cummings of Fort Collins; his sister: Elaine Bickel of Lawrence, Kansas; as well as ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, & several nieces & nephews. Wes was preceded in death by his parents & a brother Billy.

Memorial services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a charity of your choosing.

Memorial services are being planned for early June 2025 at Cedar Grove Cemetery