Lori Raus Cummings passed away Friday, February 10th, 2017 in Temple.
Celebration of Life: 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 24th in the Founder’s Chapel at Grace Presbyterian Church, 10221 Ella Lee Ln, Houston, Texas 77042. A reception will be held immediately afterward in the church library.
Lori grew up in West Houston, graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1978 and attended Sam Houston State University on a music scholarship. Lori was blessed with an angelic voice and was hand selected to be a student of the great voice coach Rudolph Bing. Lori had a heart of gold and would give the shirt off her back in order to help anyone and everyone she encountered. Mourning her loss are her father, Jack Raus; her daughters, Kelsey and Courtney Cummings; her son, Dylan Cummings; grandson, Gavin Cummings; sister, Tracy Raus Graves and her husband, Larry, sister, Kelly Raus Moore and her husband, Todd; brother, Johnny Raus and wife, Kim as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her loving mother, Judy Raus, grandparents, Barney and Helen Blackwell and Roland and Gladys Raus. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 24th in the Founder’s Chapel at Grace Presbyterian Church, 10221 Ella Lee Ln, Houston, Texas 77042. A reception will be held immediately afterward in the church library.
Contact Information:
Lake Shore Funeral Home & Cremation Services
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My thoughts and prayers are with Kelsey, Courtney, Dylan and the entire family during this difficult time. God bless and may you RIP Lori!!!
Lori had a wonderful voice and we had great times in Dixiliers and on choir trips! Many prayers for her family!
So many memories from K through graduation, not to mention Girl Scouts. A beautiful voice and spirit. My condolences to all the family.
I wanted to express my heartfelt condolences to Lori’s family. There’s such a sense of helplessness when someone we love dies. I’d like to share some scriptural thoughts that really helps me. Prayer is so valuable at this time but it’s not that prayer simply makes us feel better. 2 Cor.4:7 says that God can give us, “… power beyond what is normal “, to go from one day to the next. This does not mean that we no longer cry or that we forget, but it means we recover. The reason we recover is because of our hope. Jesus Christ talked about our hope in John 5:28, “… all those in the memorial tomb will hear his voice and come out “. Jesus was referring to the resurrection, this is our amazing hope.
2 Cor.1:3 describes our Creator as, “.. the God of all comfort “. One way that God comforts us is by moving people who care about us to give us words of encouragement that we need to hear. May the God of comfort (Ps.83:18) be your comfort now during this time of sorrow.
Blessed is the way wherein you walk today, for there is prepared for you a place of rest.