Patricia A. (Parker) CUNNINGHAM

CUNNINGHAM, OROURKE, PARKER, HOPPE, SUTPHIN, LONEY, HOWARD, WANDERSCHEID, WALKER, MOORE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/12/2008 at 16:13:41

Herald and News
Klamath Falls, Oregon
1/5/2008

A Memorial mass will be offered for Patricia A. "Pat" Cunningham on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at 1p.m. at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 4880 Bristol Ave., with Rev. Rick Fischer and Rev. Ildeforce Madara celebrating. Disposition was by Pyramid Cremations. Private inurnment will take place in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery columbarium. Those wishing to do so may send contributions in memory of Pat to the charity of choice. Mrs. Cunningham, 83, died of natural causes at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Klamath Falls on Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, three days after the death her husband of 62 years, Bill.

She was born on Jan. 31, 1924, in Belmond, Iowa, to William A. and Viva (O'Rourke) Parker.
On July 11, 1945, she was married to William J. "Bill" Cunningham in Escondido, Calif. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, three days prior to her death. She was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church and the St. Pius X Altar Society. She loved her family and watching her grandchildren participate in sports. She enjoyed bowling and belonged to the Thursday Misses at Lucky Lanes. She enjoyed playing cards, duplicate bridge, and bingo and was a fan of the Denver Broncos professional football team.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Cathy and George Hoppe of Klamath Falls and her son Mike Cunningham and his fiancee Kristi Sutphin of Roseburg, Ore.; grandchildren Lana Loney and her husband Tom, Chris Howard and his wife Kristina, Tom Howard and his wife Stacy, Greg Cunningham and his wife Carlie, Kirk Cunningham and his fiancee Erin Wanderscheid and Craig Hoppe and Tammi, all of Klamath Falls, and Beth Walker and her husband Don of Hendersonville, Tenn.; brother and sister-in-law William and June Parker of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a sister Marlys Moore of Denver, Colo.; eight great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Thomas. Ward's Klamath Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.