| Birth: | May, 1892
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Apr. 6, 1962
Penns Grove
Salem County
New Jersey, USA | 
Wife of James Simon Cunningham. Daughter of James L and Kate (Felton) Dukenfield and sister of W.C. Fields. May was a performing artist in New York stage ballets, where she met her husband.
OBITUARY printed in the Salem Sunbeam, Salem, New Jersey, Tuesday, April 10, 1962:
MRS. JAMES S. CUNNINGHAM
Private services for Mrs. May Cunningham, 69, of 58 Delaware Avenue, Penns Grove, were held yesterday from the Ashcraft Funeral Home in Penns Grove. The Rev. Albert Lang officiated, and burial was in Lawnside Cemetery, Woodstown.
Mrs. Cunningham died Friday after a long illness. Born in Philadelphia, she is survived by her husband, James S.; brothers, Leroy Dukenfield, Philadelphia, and Walter Dukenfield, Chiselhurst, N.J., and a sister, Mrs. Adell Smith, Oaklyn. The late well-known movie actor, W. C. Fields, was a brother also.
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Parents:
James Dukenfield (1840 - 1913)
Kate Felton Dukenfield (1854 - 1925)
Spouse:
James Simon Cunningham (1893 - 1968)*
*Calculated relationship
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Lawnside Cemetery
Woodstown
Salem County
New Jersey, USA |
Maintained by: Laura Phillips
Originally Created by: Evening Breeze
Record added: Jun 18, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38486620 |
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