OBIT: Bertha E. (Mier) CUNNINGHAM, 1930, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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BERTHA E. CUNNINGHAM

  Mrs. Bertha E. Cunningham, aged 69, died Wednesday morning at 3:30 o'clock at 
her home on West Main Street, Somerset.  She was a daughter of Samuel and 
Harriet (Smith) Mier, both deceased.  She is survived by one son, E. Allen 
Cunningham, of Somerset, and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Boucher, of Bedford, Pa.
  Mrs. Cunningham was a native of Salisbury.  Her father was widely known as a 
gunsmith.  He also served one term as a member of the Pennsylvania General 
Assembly and was justice of the peace in Salisbury Borough for many years.  Her 
mother was a daughter of John Smith, a pioneer merchant and shook-maker of 
Salisbury.
  Miss Mier learned telegraphy when she was a girl and was in charge of the 
Western Union Telegraph office in Somerset for some years prior to her marriage 
to Mr. Cunningham, who was also a telegrapher, and who died several years after 
their marriage.
  Mrs. Cunningham was a woman of intelligence, culture and refinement of 
character, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her.  She was an earnest 
Christian and was devoted to her church and her family and friends.  She had 
been an invalid for several years.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 
Cunningham home in charge of Rev. Leonard H. Hoover, pastor of the Somerset 
Methodist Episcopal Church.  Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Somerset, in 
charge of Undertakers Brooks & Hauger.

Meyersdale Republican, April 10, 1930