Viola Cummings Sirois

Viola Tardif Cummings Sirois, 96, passed away August 6, 2024 in Caribou. She was born November 30, 1927 in Van Buren, ME, the 2nd of 12 children of the late Joseph and Bernice (Belanger) Tardif. Viola was a 1944 graduate of Madawaska Training School, and a 1977 graduate of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. She was employed as a teacher in Keegan and Madawaska, then worked as a social worker for the State of Maine. Vi kept in touch with many of her students and children she placed in foster homes over the years. She always talked fondly of them and loved running into them. 

She married Theodore Cummings November 30, 1955 and later in life, she married Reno Sirois on November 17, 1990. 

Vi was a longtime active communicant of Holy Rosary Catholic Church where she was a member of the Daughters of Isabella, Prayer Line, and choir. She also served as an eucharistic Minister, and a lector. Church life and prayer came first and foremost; they were her passions.

She is survived by her children Michael Cummings & Deborah Cantlin, Swanzey NH; Jeffrey & Michelle Cummings, Perham; Beth Ann Cummings, Caribou; Rebecca Cummings, Caribou; Ted & Aubrey Cummings, Portland and son in law, Scott Walker, Caribou, her grandchildren Aubri Cummings, Ted Walker, Bekah Walker, Mollie Cummings, Cameron Ouellette, Sophia Cummings, and Quincey Cummings and her siblings Roderick Tardif, Gene Tardiff, Dan Tardif, Marie Bouchard, and Nancy Holabird.

She was predeceased by her husband Theodore Cummings, husband Reno Sirois, daughter-in-law Pam Cummings, and siblings Muriel Lebel, Rudolph Tardiff, Connie LaRosa, John Tardif, Leo Tardif, and Bill Tardif.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10AM on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at the Parish of the Precious Blood, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Caribou. A time of continued fellowship and refreshments will be held in the parish hall. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Holy Rosary Renovation Fund would be appreciated.

“Au bout la fin, la fin sera”

(At the end, the end will be)

Bernice Tardif