Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sept. 17, 1908 - March 22, 2000
South Bend Tribune 3/24/2000
LaFawn Cunningham, 91, of the Carmel
Care Center, formerly of Mishawaka, Ind., died on Wednesday,
March 22, in the center. Mrs. Cunningham was born on Sept. 17,
1908, in Moravia, Iowa, to Luella and Lewis C. Main, who
preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her
husband, Jasper N.; a son, J. Michael Cunningham; two sisters;
and by a half brother and a half sister.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary L. Howey
of Indianapolis, Ind.; and by six grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren. She had been employed as a housemother of
the Holy Cross School of Nursing, South Bend, and was a homemaker
for many years. She was a member of Willow Creek United Methodist
Church of Mishawaka, United Methodist Church Women, and the Order
of Eastern Star, Mishawaka.
Services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday in
There will be no visitation. The Leppert & Hensley Mortuary,
Smith Carmel Chapel, Carmel, is handling arrangements in the
chapel at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind.