Marion Cunningham

Marion E. Cunningham (nee Burns) age 97 years of Gibbstown died Thursday October 4, 2007 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Cunningham was born in Greensburg, PA and lived in the Paulsboro – Gibbstown area since 1953. She was a graduate of Pittston Hospital Nursing Program in 1929. Mrs. Cunningham worked as a Registered Nurse at the Kings County Hospital and then as an O.R. Nurse at Lutheran Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. She then served as a private duty Nurse in Williamsport, PA before becoming an Occupational Nurse for Sylvania Electric in Williamsport. After that, Mrs. Cunningham worked as a traveling Nurse for the State of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Cunningham also worked as a Nurse for Strawbridge and Clothier in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill and the Red Cross in Philadelphia. She retired in 1981 as an Occupational Nurse with Struthers and Dunn, Pitman. During World War II she was an Air Raid Warden with her mother in Williamsport, PA. Mrs. Cunningham was a member of St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, Gibbstown and the South Jersey Occupational Nurses Association. She was an avid reader, enjoyed watching television, crocheting and was a good cook. She is survived by her family, Patricia Smith of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Joan and J.R. Conway of Mullica Hill and Kathleen and David Salvatore of Gibbstown; her grandchildren, Teresa Lyn, Debra and Joe Tierno, Alexander and Debbie Silvestro, Steve Silvestro and his fiancé Stacy Conte, Nicole and Michael Gibbs and Christine and Nicholas Schmidt; her great grandchildren, Jessica Enget, Ashley Smith, Suzanne Silvestro, Alexander Silvestro III, Michelle Silvestro, Michael Silvestro, Marissa Tierno, Patrick Tierno and Madison Chloe Gibbs; her brother, John Burns of Muncy, PA and her sister Margaret Hipple of Williamsport, PA. Mrs. Cunningham was predeceased by her beloved husbands, Harry Snyder and Grover Howard Cunningham; her grandchildren, Timothy, Mary and Cynthia Smith and her brothers, Patrick and Robert Burns. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM Tuesday October 9, 2007 in St. Michael R.C. Church, 313 Memorial Avenue, Gibbstown. Friends may call Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 10 AM in the McBride - Foley Funeral Home, 228 West Broad St., Paulsboro. Interment Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro. Contributions can be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, South Jersey Region, 1851 Old Cuthbert Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034. Memories can be shared at www.mcbridefoleyfh.com.

Marion Cunningham

February 10, 1910 - October 4, 2007