Ruth Cunningham
Ruth Lucile Breselow Cunningham, a Richland, Wash., resident for
58 years, died Aug. 15 at the Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House
in Richland. She was 92.
The memorial service will be announced later.
Born Dec. 24, 1909, in Castle Rock, she was the daughter of Emil
G. and Etta S. Breselow. She graduated from Colorado State
University in 1932 and taught home economics at Douglas County High
School in Castle Rock until she married Paul E. Cunningham of
Louviers in 1936.
The couple moved to Richland from Denver with their infant son
in 1944, when Mr. Cunningham began his career with DuPont at the
Hanford Atomic Energy plant.
Mrs. Cunningham is survived by her husband; son Clifford
Cunningham and his wife, Carol, of Napa, Calif.; grandchildren
Joseph of Petaluma, Calif., and Elizabeth of Napa; nieces in
Littleton and Bellevue, Wash.; and nephews in Silver Springs, Md.,
and San Rafael, Calif.
Her sister, Esther Rust, of Bellevue, Wash., preceded her in
death July 31, 2002.
Contributions can be made in her name to the Castle Rock
Historical Society, P.O. Box 1572, Castle Rock, CO 80104.