SARATOGA SPRINGS — Natalie (Nettie) A. Colamaria Cummings passed away peacefully on Monday, December 9,surrounded by her loving family.
Born February 15, 1919, on Ash Street in Saratoga Springs, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Angelina Di Rienzo Colamaria. Nettie, a 1937 graduate of St. Peter’s Academy, was employed at the Van Raalte Company, Glickman’s, Saratoga Men’s Shop, the General Electric Company and as a waitress in the family business, Colamaria’s Restaurant, from 1932 through 1974.
On February 9, 1946, Nettie married William (Bill) Cummings, Sr., of Schuylerville. They both enjoyed 45 years together, raising their four children, participating in community organizations, spending time with family and friends and wintering in Punta Gorda, Florida.
A member of St. Clement’s Church and life member of Court McLaughlin No. 422 Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Nettie was also a member of the Junior Civic League and Saratoga Vicariate Ladies of Charity. She was an avid bowler in the Firecracker and Elks Club Ladies Leagues, attending State Bowling Tournaments during the 1950s and 1960s. She enjoyed bocce, golfing at the state park and Brookhaven Golf Course, knitting, and Mah Jongg.
Entertaining and cooking for her family and friends, the “Hostess with the Mostest” held a pre-Travers Day celebration for over 25 years at her home on Concord Drive, inviting over 30 family members and friends.
In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband Bill, her son William (Billy) Cummings Jr,; her siblings and their spouses, (infants) Dorothy and Vincenzo, Lillian (Evaldo) Palmetto, Victoria (Edward) Shea, James (Florence) Colamaria, Anne (Robert) Mackay and Frank McManus.
She is survived by her sister, Marie McManus; her children, Carol Catone (Stewart Hatch), Michael (Jo-Ann) Cummings and Susan (David) Waghorn; foster daughter, Helen Ryle; six grandchildren, John and Larry Catone, Melissa Pecora, Brian Waghorn, Matthew and Kristen Cummings; seven great-grandchildren, Riley and Jordan Catone, Hanna, Emily and Isabel Pecora, Haley and Mackenzie Waghorn and several nieces and nephews.
Nettie’s family would like to thank the staff at Maplewood Manor Nursing Home, The Home of the Good Shepherd Memory Care and Evergreen Adult Day Care for the overwhelming care, compassion and love extended to her over the last several years.
Relatives and friends may call from 4-7 p.m., Thursday, December 12 at the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway.
Members of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 13 in St. Clement’s Church on Lake Ave and burial will follow in the family plot at St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Ave.
Memorials may be made in Nettie’s name to the Maplewood Manor Resident Activities Fund, 149 Ballston Ave, Ballston Spa, NY, 12020, St. Clement’s Church Jubilee 2017 Fund, 231 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, the Alzheimer’s Association, 4 Pine West Plaza #405, Albany, NY 12205 or to a charity of one’s choice.
Online remembrances can be made at www.burkefurneralhome.com.
