Living

• Person ID	I26572	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Richard Rose,   b. 4 Feb 1915, Ellis County, Oklahoma, USA d. Sep 1981, Vilas, Baca, Colorado, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Nettie Louise Cummings,   b. 4 Jun 1918, Colorado, USA d. 27 Apr 2009, E Dene Moore Care Center, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1937	Rocky Ford, Otero, Colorado, USA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F10404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Floyd Howard Sykes,   b. 13 Aug 1925, Colorado, USA d. 30 Dec 2007 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Nettie Louise Cummings,   b. 4 Jun 1918, Colorado, USA d. 27 Apr 2009, E Dene Moore Care Center, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1946	Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, USA   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F12747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dean Romey Henrie,   b. 8 Jun 1943, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA d. 10 Apr 1995 (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F10566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F5667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Tarrel Dee Kaddy,   b. 28 Jan 1939, Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, USA d. 25 Jan 1985 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F11673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

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  [S655] Ancestry.com, Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;). Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, CUMMINGS Nettie Sykes 1918-2009. Nettie Louise Cummings Rose Sykes and Floyd Howard Sykes, buried together https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149948640/nettie-louise-sykes [S4302] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Nettie Sykes • Glenwood Post Independent - Apr 2009, (Name: Glenwood Post Independent; Location: Glenwood CO; Date: 30 Apr 2009;), Nettie Louise Cummings Sykes -- Glenwood Post Independent; Publication Date: 30/ Apr/ 2009; Publication Place: Levittown, Pennsylvania ;. Nettie L. Sykes, 90, of Rifle passed away April 27, 2009 at E. Dene Moore Care Center. Nettie was born June 4, 1918 in Buster, Colorado to Joseph E. & Bramley Lee (Price) Cummings. She married Floyd Sykes in Syracuse, Kansas in 1946. Nettie’s teaching career started in 1944 and spanned 36 years. She taught in schools in Villegreen, Las Animas, Kim and Rifle, Colorado and in Dillon, Montana. She retired in 1980 from Rifle High School after moving from Dillon, Montana in 1960. After retirement Nettie and Floyd did lots of traveling, boating and fishing. They made beautiful wood decorations and furniture. Nettie enjoyed her flowers, music, and had other hobbies such as knitting & photography. Nettie is survived by her son Mel (Sandy) Rose of Salida; daughter Verna (Ed) Chamberlain of Rifle; sister Nina McQuiston of Grand Junction; 17 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nephews, nieces and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband Floyd and her son Kenneth. A viewing is planned for Thursday, April 30 from 9 – 10 am at the Rifle Funeral Home, Funeral Services will be at 11:00 am with interment following immediately at Rose Hill Cemetery in Rifle. https://www.postindependent.com/news/nettie-louise-sykes/ Obituary-SYKES Nettie (Cummings) Obituary Photo-SYKES Nettie (Cummings) Obituary Photo of NETTIE LOUISE CUMMINGS SYKES -- https://www.postindependent.com/news/nettie-louise-sykes/