Rosa "Rose" Amelia Umscheid Cunningham was the daughter of Vincent Umscheid and Anna Louise Ryffel Umscheid. She was their oldest child and daughter. She was the mother of my mother, Cecilia, and my grandmother. She was a loving grandmother and what I know about her was from my immediate family. I was only two years old when she died, but I do remember a little bit about her. I remember about her fixing a slice of bread, covered with butter and brown sugar!
She married Joseph Hugh Cunningham in 1897 at Flush, Kansas. They lived at Flush in their early marriage years. Then they moved to Topeka where they lived the rest of their lives.
Rose (Rosa) Amelia Umscheid Cunningham died of heart problems at the home of her daughter, Cecilia Cunningham Muller. My mother had been taking care of Rose for awhile as she was sick in bed. Our home was located at 202 Davies Street in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Rose had been having heart problems for quite awhile.
Joseph and Rose Umscheid) Cunningham have two granddaughters buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas. They are Muriel Marie Muller and Joan Muller, daughters of Victor P. Muller and Lydia Lucinda Cunningham Muller. Muriel and Joan both died in 1945 the same day only 5 minutes apart at the home of their parents. They died of diptheria.
Muriel was abt 19 years of age and Joan was 12 yrs of age.

Her siblings were:

Mary Josephine Umscheid (Mrs. Anthony Ekart)
Magdalena Umscheid- died in early childhood
Ernestine Louise Umschied- died in early childhood
Monica Aurelia Umscheid (Mrs. Aaron Monroe "Roe" Abrams)
Julia Umscheid (Mrs. Henry Daniel Bonawitz, Sr.)
Augusta "Gustie" Umscheid (Mrs. Fred Herbert Morse)
Vincent Lawrence Umscheid married May Helena Weltsch
Anna "Annie" Mary Umscheid (Mrs. Walter Walker Cochran)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Matilda Umscheid (1: Mrs. Henry William Smith; 2: Mrs. Clifford Martin Castello)
Lawrence John Umscheid married Barbara "Betty" Rebitzer
Amelia "Melie" Clara Umscheid married Albert Francis Benedict Weltsch
Anthony "Tony" Charles Umscheid married Elsie Eleanora Cochran


Joseph and Rose Umscheid) Cunningham were parents of the following children;

1. Lydia Lucinda Cunningham (Mrs. Victor Muller)
2. Cecilia Anna Cunningham (Mrs. Herman Muller, brother of Victor Muller)
3. Daniel Charles Cunningham married Lavina Phoebe Crisler
4. Baby Boy Cunningham born & died 1903
5. Gerard Vincent Cunningham married Elda Faye Springer
6. Joseph Edward Cunningham married Collette Frelicot in France. They were later divorced. Collette never came to the United States after World War II was over.
7. Bernard Vincent Cunningham married Mary Matilda Schroeder
8. Baby Boy Cunningham born and died in 1916.