Obituary Record

William Cunningham
Died on 9/15/1916
Buried in Holy Cross (Catholic Church) Cemetery

# 1 - - Published in the Pilot, September 20, 1916.

Burial is in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Blair.

William Cunningham, a brother of Mrs. John Gillispie, who lives on a farm south of town, died at the Blair hospital last Saturday of tuberculosis of the lungs. He came from East St. Louis three weeks ago to see if this climate would be any better for him but he was too weak for the change to do him any good. He was 28 years of age and unmarried. The funeral was held at the Catholic Church at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. He leaves one sister in Omaha, Mrs. P. G. Gillispie, and one brother, James, in St. Louis.

#2 Published in the Tribune, September 20, 1916

The funeral services of Wm. Cunningham, brother of Mrs. John Gillispie, who recently died at his sister’s home in this county, was held yesterday morning at 10 o’clock at the Catholic Church in this city.

Mr. Cunningham came to this country about nine years ago and has since that time worked in St. Louis.

The out of town attendants at the ceremony were: Mr. and Mrs. Pat Gillispie, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gillispie and Mr. Carr, all of Omaha.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Find A Grave # 129649009

Printed in the Blair Pilot on 9/20/1916


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