CUNNINGHAM, Marietta SHOEMAKER 1838-1912

CUNNINGHAM, SHOEMAKER, LEGGETT, MOSS, SAWYERS

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Fairfield Weekly Journal
Thursday May 9, 1912

MRS. M. CUNNINGHAM DIED THURSDAY

Many friends in this city were shocked this morning to learn of the death of Mrs. Marietta CUNNINGHAM which occured suddenly last night about eleven o'clock at her home on South Main street. Yesterday afternoon about four o'clock she was stricken with an attack of paralysis and death came a few hours after the attack.

Mrs. CUNNINGHAM, while of quiet and home loving disposition, was a woman of rare intellectual ability and an excellent conversationalist. She had the faculty of making friends and keeping them and was one of the most widely known women in Fairfield. Her death will be deeply regretted by an unusually large circle of friends.

Marietta SHOEMAKER-CUNNINGHAM was born in Monmouth, Ill., November 27th, 1838. On September 12th 1857 she was united in marriage to Phiny F. CUNNINGHAM (sic. Pliny Fisk CUNNINGHAM) and to them were born four children. The only son died in his twentieth year. The couple spent nearly forty years in Centerville and 1899 moved to Fair- (sic) Mr. CUNNINGHAM died on March 4th, 1900. Three daughters are left to mourn the death of their mother. They are Mrs. Charles D. LEGGETT (sic. Beatrice) and Miss May CUNNINGHAM (sic. Ida May CUNNINGHAM) of this city, and Mrs. D. B. MOSS of Chicago.

Mrs. CUNNINGHAM was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and was always interested in the work in all the departments of the organization. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock at the home. Rev. Mott R. SAWYERS of Davenport will assist Rev. W.W. Montgomery in the service. The interrment will take place in Evergreen cemetery.

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"Jefferson County Republican"
Friday, May 10, 1912
Front Page, Column 2

Mrs. M. CUNNINGHAM.

Mrs. Manetta (sic) CUNNINGHAM died at her home about eleven o'clock Wednesday night after only a few hours' illness with paralysis. The funeral services will be held at the home this afternoon and interment made in Evergreen cemetery.

Mrs. CUNNINGHAM was 74 years old and was the widow of Phiny F. (sic - Pliny F.) CUNNINGHAM who died in 1900. She was the mother of four children, three of whom are living. They are: Miss May CUNNINGHAM and Mrs. Charles LEGGETT of this city and Mrs. D. B. MOSS of Chicago.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Saturday, May 11, 1912
Page 3, Column 1

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

...--Dr. D. B. MOSS and daughter of Chicago were here yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Etta CUNNINGHAM. ...

...--Mrs. J. H. Sharon of Centerville arrived yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. CUNNINGHAM and will spend a few days here with friends. ...

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, May 15, 1912
Page 5, Columns 3 and 4

DEATHS.

Mrs. CUNNINGHAM.

Marietta SHOEMAKER was born at Monmouth, Illinois, November 27th, 1838. She was left an orphan at an early age and was raised by her older brothers. She was married to Pleny (sic) F. CUNNINGHAM at Troy, in Davis county, Iowa, September 12th, 1857. They lived in Troy, at Ottumwa and at Centervile until 1899 when they came to Fairfield to make it their home. Mr. CUNNINGHAM passed to his reward in 1900.

She was an earnest and devoted member of the Presbyterian church, regular in attendance on its services when her health permitted and active in its good work. Three children survive her. Miss May CUNNINGHAM and Mrs. Beatrice C. LEGGETT, of Fairfield, and Mrs. Florence MOSS, of Chicago, Illinois. Others went before the mother, one was Pearl CUNNINGHAM, a Sophomore in Parsons college at the time of his death, whose loss was a great and crushing sorrow.

Mrs. CUNNINGHAM was a woman of the keenest intellect, a great reader, of the widest sympathies and of the most determined force of character. Struggling for years with infirmities and ailments that would totally disable a person of ordinary will, she raised her children, gave them good educations and fitted them well for life. They and their children rise up to call her blessed.

Before the day of trained nurses, she was the friend of the afflicted and the priceless, gratuitous assistant of surgeons and physicians of Centerville, in every great crisis of disease or surgery. Freely and gladly she gave her time and her native intuitive skill to the suffering. And many there are who owe their lives and regained health to her kind offices at such a time.

A quiet, modest, retiring gentlewoman, seldom seen in any public place, except the church or the prayermeeting, she exercised a great power over all the circle of her acquaintance. Her opinions were founded on such a range of reading, keenness of sight and fullness of knowledge, and they were expressed with such a gentle force and charity for all and her character was so lofty, founded on the solid rock of the holy writ, that those who knew her delighted to sit at her feet and counsel with her.

She was seldom able to leave her own roof, but a group of friends gathered about her, who held her in the highest regard, and who will miss the mild and gentle but keen and comprehensive influence she unconsciously exercised, always for the right and always for the best, in their own affairs, and in the business of the church or the community at large. "She opened her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue was the law of kindness. Her price was far above rubies."

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. Old.P.253