A former Dunkirk resident is celebrating a significant birthday today.
Mary Lynch Cummings was born at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk on April 26, 1921, to James and Helena Lynch. She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1938 and received her teaching degree from New York State University. She then moved to Buffalo were she worked at Bell Aircraft.
In 1944, she contacted Florence Erikson, her physical education teacher in high school, about how she could become an officer in the Navy during World War II. After six weeks of training at Smith College, she realized her dream of becoming an officer in the WAVES, the women’s reserve. She was sent to Sea Island, Ga., for radar training and was then stationed in Vero Beach, Fla., as an air controller. After the cold winters of Western New York, she enjoyed the sunny days in Florida.
A former Dunkirk resident is celebrating a significant birthday today.
Mary Lynch Cummings was born at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk on April 26, 1921, to James and Helena Lynch. She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1938 and received her teaching degree from New York State University. She then moved to Buffalo were she worked at Bell Aircraft.
In 1944, she contacted Florence Erikson, her physical education teacher in high school, about how she could become an officer in the Navy during World War II. After six weeks of training at Smith College, she realized her dream of becoming an officer in the WAVES, the women’s reserve.
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