Cunningham, Mrs. Philip (Bridget) 1840-1912

CUNNINGHAM, BRADY

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/4/2010 at 13:39:45

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, May 24, 1912

Mrs. Philip Cunningham died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Crowley,
401 Cedar street, on Wednesday, May 22, shortly after twelve o’clock. Mrs.
Cunningham came up from Merrill last week to visit her daughter and on
Friday suffered a paralytic stroke. At the first it was seen that her
condition was serious and she never rallied. Mrs. Cunningham had been in
poor health for some years, although able to attend to her household
affairs.

Bridget Brady was a native of Ireland, where she was born seventy-two years
ago in 1840. When a girl of seventeen she came with her parents to Boston
and three years later was married to Philip Cunningham. They lived in Boston
for twenty years and thirty years ago came to Plymouth county and for many
years lived on a farm in Plymouth township. Of late years Mr. and Mrs.
Cunningham lived in LeMars and Merrill. Eight children were born to bless
their union. Three, John, Edward and Joseph, preceded their mother in death.
Five are living and mourn the loss of a good mother. They are: Eugene,
Thomas and Philip, Mrs. John Crowley, of this city, and Mrs. Annie Moran,
who lives in Washington. There are also eleven grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.

Mrs. Cunningham was a devoted wife and mother, a good Christian woman,
deeply religious, active in the church.

The funeral will be held in St. James church in this city this morning.