Argus Observer (Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon)
February 11, 1999
Vera G. Bingaman
June 15, 1917 - Feb. 9, 1999
FRUITLAND - Vera Grace Cummings Bingaman, 81, Fruitland, passes away Feb. 9, 1999, in a Merician care center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Brethren, Fruitland, with Pastor JuliAnne Bowser Sloughfy officiating. Burial will follow at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth, under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Fruitland.
Vera was born to Carl and Vida Cummings on June 15, 1917, in a sod house near Milburn, Neb., where she lived with her family until the age of 12 when they moved to the Payette area. She graduated from Payette High School in 1933. On Aug. 31, 1939, she married Emerson Bingaman of Fruitland, and they moved to Dee, Ore., where Emerson worked falling timber. Their first son, Gary, was born while they lived there and they always had great memories of their time spent and the lifelong friends they made while residing there. In 1942, they moved to the Seattle area where Emerson worked at the Bremerton shipyards. This is where their twin sons, Dan and Don, were born, so Vera devoted all her time to the care of her home and family.
In 1945, they left Seattle and farmed in the Nyssa and Fruitland areas for many years. When her youngest sons were in high school, Vera began working for the U.S. Portal Service in Fruitland and stayed there until she retired.
She was a member of the Fruitland church of the Brethren where the family attended for many years. Family was always special to Vera, and she was hostess to countless family dinners and always enjoyed having the family together. She was loved and admired by her family for all that she did to keep them close.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Rita of Cerritos, Calif., Don and Marjie of Caldwell, Idaho, and Dan and Freda of Boise, Idaho; a brother Marion Cummings of Spanaway, Wash.; a sister, Vesta Muretta of Shelton, Wash.; five grandchildren, David Bingaman, Wendy Bingaman, Jim Sanders, Tish Hill and Christy Bingaman; six great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emerson in 1973.
Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Fruitland.
Memorials may be made to the Fruitland Church of the Brethren, in care of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette, ID 83661.
