Leila L. Cunningham | |||
Leila L. Cunningham, 87, of Richwood, died early Tuesday morning, Jan.
23, 2007, at The Gables at Green Pastures. A 1938 graduate of Magnetic Springs High School, she was a homemaker, longtime member of Pharisburg United Methodist Church and its Women's Society. She also was a member of the Red Hat Society, the Solitaires, Carpe Diem, the Country Belles and the Richwood Civic Center and its Kitchen Band. She was born Dec. 1, 1919, in Delaware, to the late Eden and Alice Gabriel Ballard. On April 6, 1940, she married William Bernard "Bud" Cunningham, and he died June 23, 1978. She also was predeceased by a son, Ronald E. Cunningham; three grandchildren, Brent, Carman and Chris Cunningham; a great-granddaughter, Mckenna Cunningham; two sisters, Joan Carr and Marcile Hecker; and a brother, Bernard Ballard. Surviving are a son, Gary (Gloria) Cunningham of Marysville; a daughter, Karen Sue (Michael) Hoffman of Richwood; a daughter-in-law, Toby Cunningham-Collier of Marysville; grandchildren, Chad (Melissa) Cunningham and their children, Keaton and Kenzie, Curt (Lisa) Cunningham and their daughters, Chloe and Callie, Carrie Beth Cunningham, Brad (Penny) Cunningham and their daughters, Halie, Josie and Katie, Brock (Maryann) Cunningham and their children, Grant and Makayla, Matthew Todd Hoffman and his sons, Tate and Thane, Stacey (Shon) Pertuset and their children, Chelsea, Paige and Wyatt and Cory Hoffman and his fiancée, Renee; and a brother, Donald (Joyce) Ballard of New Albany. Calling hours will be Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Stofcheck Funeral Home in Richwood, where funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m., with Pastor Mo Dunn officiating. Burial will be at Claibourne Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mrs. Cunningham's grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Pharisburg United Methodist Church Building Fund, 13317 Route 347, Marysville, OH 43040. | |||
Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home |