LaMar Cunningham
April 5, 2008
LaMar was born August 21, 1933 in Snyder, Nebr. to Lawrence and Martha 'Hoge' Kroenke. She grew up in Snyder, attending St. Peter's Lutheran School and graduating from Snyder High School in 1951. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, and married there. LaMar also graduated from the Norfolk Business College in Norfolk, Nebr. in 1952.
On May 24, 1953, she was married to Rolland Cunningham. They lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming while he finished his military service in the Air Force. Following his discharge in 1956, they came to a farm near Fontanelle. They moved into Fremont in 1990.
She had been a member of the Salem Lutheran Church of Fontanelle where she served on several of their committees, taught Sunday school, vacation bible school, and she was a member of its Lutheran Women. She also had belonged to the Fontanelle Extension Club and the Pleasant Hour Club serving 2 years as its president.
LaMar worked for K Mart in Fremont and received a 'Customer Service Award' from the company.
Survivors: 2 daughters - Sandy and husband Terry Nielsen of Bellevue
Jayne and husband Neil Gustafson of Fremont
1 son - Randy Cunningham of Nickerson
2 grandchildren
2 sisters - Ardine and husband Bernie Merwald of Omaha
Lou and husband E. W. (Dutch) Feuerstein of Fremont
2 brother-in-laws - Russell Cunningham of Nickerson
Luvern and wife Lila Cunningham of New Albany, Ohio
The funeral service will be 10 AM Wednesday (April 9th) at Salem Lutheran Church of Fontanelle with the Rev. Robert Hayden officiating. The committal will follow in Salem Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Arbor Manor and to Salem Lutheran Church of Fontanelle.
Visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont will be on Tuesday (April 8th) from 2 to 8 PM with the family present from 6:30 to 8 PM.
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