Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cunningham, Vellma (Deeg) (Mrs.) December 29, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com April 19, 2022, 2:08 pm Lake Odessa Wave - January 6, 1977 FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT FLORIDA Mrs. Velma (Deeg) Cunningham, age 75, of Oak Bend Trailer Park, Dunedin, Florida, a former Lake Odessa resident, passed away Wednesday December 29, 1976 at Mease Hospital Dunedin, Florida. She was born in Barry County, January 4, 1901, the daughter of Levi and Hannah (Schmidt) Degg. Velma graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1919. She taught in the Bretz and Lake Odessa Schools as well as teaching in the Lansing Public Schools for 22 years. She moved to Florida in 1959. Mrs. Cunningham was a member of the Episcopal Church of God and the church women's organizations in Dunedin. She was a life member of the Michigan Education Association. Survivors are: two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Chipchase of Dunedin and Mrs. Ruth Kienzle of Grand Rapids. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 11:00 o'clock at the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. Rev. Randall Metz officiated. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cunningh43006nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb