The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Monday, November 16, 1959
Rolla Cunningham
Rolla CUNNINGHAM, 81, Huntington, died Sunday morning in the Huntington county
hospital. He was a former resident of Rochester, moving to Huntington 13 years ago.
He had been in serious health for the past year and had been in the Huntington hospital
since Friday.
He was born Aug. 13, 1878, to Frank and Mary LOCKHART CUNNINGHAM.
On Feb. 14, 1904, he married Orrie GOODRICH, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Marselle SECRIST, Elkhart, and Mrs. Victoria
BAKER, Norfolk, Va.; four sons, Gerald [CUNNINGHAM], Fr. Wayne; Goodrich
[CUNNINGHAM], Liberty Center; Gresham [CUNNINGHAM], Alhambra, Acl., and Gilbert
[CUNNINGHAM], Houston, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Ella ANDREWS, Danville, Ill., and Mrs.
Mattie CONOVER, Crawfordsville; fifteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at noon CST at the Bailey funeral home in Huntington with the
Rev. Claud STUDEBAKER officiating.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester. Expected arrival in Rochester for
graveside services is 1:45 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17, 1959
Rolla Cunningham
Graveside services for Rolla CUNNINGHAM, 81, Huntington, a former Rochester
resident, will be Wednesday ab out 1:45 p.m. at the local I.O.O.F. cemetery. Interment here will
follow funeral services at the Bailey funeral home in Huntington, scheduled for noon CST.
Mr. Cunningham died Sunday morning in the Huntington county hospital after being in
serious health for one year. He had been at the hospital since Friday.
Mr. Cunningham left Rochester for Huntington 13 years ago.
Wednesday, November 18, 1959
Wilford Guise
Wilford GUISE, 104 Elm street, a lifetime resident of Rochester and vicinity, died at
12:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn hosital, where he had been a patient one week. He was 78 years
old and had been ill for five months.
Born near Kewanna, Dec. 18, 1880, he was the son of Daniel and Etta DAVIS GUISE.
In 1910, he was married in Rochester to Belle WALTZ, who died 18 years ago. Mr. Guise had
been a farmer, retiring 17 years ago.
Surviving are two brothers, J. Hugh GUISE, Claypool, and E. A. GUISE, Tulsa, Okla.,
and several nieces and nephews. Three sisters, a brother and his parents preceded him in death.
Final rites have been set tentatively for 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good funeral
home here with the Rev. Kenneth FOULKE of the Rochester E.U.B. chuch officiating. Burial will
be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Thursday.