How clothing entrepreneur Fletcher Jones came to a family s aid in their hour of need
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Fletcher Jones (right) was a friend of the Cumming family.
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Fletcher Jones has been called a visionary, an entrepreneur and, in 1958, Warrnambool s citizen of the year, but for John Cumming, Jones was his family s greatest support in their hour of need.
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Fletcher Jones was a well-known clothing manufacturer and retailer in regional Victoria
When John Cumming s father died after WWII, Jones took the family into his own home
The act of generosity had a lasting impact on Mr Cumming s life
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Jan 15, 2021 Marilyn L. Cummings-Washington, age 76, of Tupper Lake, passed away Jan. 7, 2021, at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. She was born Aug. 21, 1944, to Florence H. and Wilber S. Rose, MD, in Niskayuna. She graduated from Saranac Lake High School in 1962. She received her a B.A in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She worked at UMass Amherst in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering (1981 to 1994). She retired as a paralegal for the State Senate Office of Neil Breslin. She is survived by her son Stephen of Springfield, Massachusetts; her sisters Linda LaRock of Jacksonville, Florida, Paula Rose of Tupper Lake, and Margaret Rose and her husband Daniel Preston of Bordentown, New Jersey; her brother David Rose of Pattersonville; and several grandchildren (Michael, Matthew and Tyler), nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter Christina Cummings Coy in 2015 and Christina’s father John Cummings.
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