W F Cunningham's obituary, Rockwood, Monroe County, Michigan

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>From the Carlton Messenger Jan 01, 1948 (I have this paper)

Rockwood Residents Mourn Passing of W.F. Cunningham, Merchant

Residents of Rockwood and vicinity gathered Sunday to pay their
last respects to Wm. Frank Cunningham who succumbed to a heart
attack at 3:30 a.m. Christmas Day. He had suffered a mild previous 
attack late in the spring. Funeral services were held at the 
Rockwood Congregational Church at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Howard Hughes
officiating. Burial was in Michigan Memorial Park. Pall bearers were
Wm. Cooley, Archie Lezotte, Jesse VanRiper, Fred Ritter, Ralph Dodge, 
and Frank Ray of Rockwood, South Rockwood, and Flat Rocck. Interment
services were in charge of Flat Rock #110  F & A.M. with Bradley 
Lobdell giving the funeral oration.

Mr. Cunningham was born July 27, 1889, near Steiner, south of 
Carleton (Frenchtown) and was the son of Henry and Delia (Hanrahan) 
Cunningham. On December 12, 1912 he married Florence Heck, the 
wedding ceremony being performed in the Heck home in Detroit. 
Mr. & Mrs. Cunningham operated a grocery and meat market in Detroit 
for about 11 years before coming to Rockwood where they established 
a similar business. The Rockwood store was operated under the name of 
William F. Cunningham & Sons and has been expanded through the use of 
truck routes which include the outlying sections of Carleton.

He was a charter member of the Rockwood Rotary Club and was the 
immediate past president of that organization. He was a member of
Flat Rock Chapter No. 156, O.E.S., a member of Detroit Lodge No.
2, F. & A.M. for the past 27 years. He was also a member of the 
Rockwood Sportsman's Association and the the Rockwood Civic Im-
provement Association. He was president of the Rockwood school 
board at one time, and served the Village of Rockwood as postmaster 
from 1932 until 1935.

Mr. Cunningham is survived by his wife, six sons, Edward, George,
William Patrick, Thomas, Jack, and Lawrence all of whom reside in
Rockwood; five daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Wiseman, Margaret, Alvida,
Gail and Delia of Rockwood; three sisters, Mrs Stephen Ankenbrandt
of Detroit, Mrs. Ernest LeSage of Toledo, and Mrs. Clare Thomson
of San Diego, California; one brother, Albert of Henderson, Nevada;
and six grandchildren.