Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

/ o'Counor turned from the bedside to
prepare some medicine; his back was
turned but a moment but when he
/ looked again the end had come.
Father Cunningham WAS horn In
Newry. County Down. Ireland, In
1887 He attended Al Hallows col
/ lege. near Dublin, whore he took a
classical course and prepared for the
priesthood nj ST. Sulpice seminary in
/ Paris lie was ordained there in
/ 1864 and then came to this country In
company with several other young
/ priests.
Upon his arrival here he became as
sisiant IN the cathedral at Burling-
ton, and afterward for a short time
was assistant 10 Rev Thomas Lynch
vicar general IN West Rutland.
Father Cunninghams first regular
pastorate was at Middebury where
he was for a number Of years priest
of the Church Of the Assumption.
During that time he did mission work
In many of the neighboring towns.
and he was largely instrumental in
the building Of 81. Peters church in
'
Bristol. Father Cunningham came to
Brattleboro May I, 1881, succeeding
Father Lane. now of Fair Haven.
During his pastorate here the church
has been enlarged and remodelled and
the present rectory built.
Father Cunningham's life in Brat
tleboro was one of conscientious and
untiring work in behalf of his parish.
and his influence for good made it,
self felt beyond the limits of his own
denomination, He never failed To
give his unqualified endorsement OF
every movement which tended for
the public good, and his active labor.
i'm behalf of the moral welfare of the
town at large won him the respect Of
all. As a preacher Father Cunning
ham was ut-spoken and forceful
never failing TO give his opinion Oh
matters in which he thought his par
ishioners needed guidance and ex-
tending a profound influence over
them by his sound, straightforward
reasoning To his intimate friends
and acquaintance he was delightful
companion, thoroughly conversau
with and actively interested in all
matters Of public interest, brilliant
scholar and finished conversations
alist. AS an authority on worlds
history Father Cunningham had few.
equals He was also an excellent lin"
guist and a man of wide knowledge
in literature. There are many out
side his own congregation who feel
his death as a personal loss
Father Cunningham is survived by
a nephew. John Cunningham of Buffa-
DO. n. y, and a brother and sister
in Ireland. one brother died several
years ago in New York city and an
other, who was also in the priest
hood, died in Utica. \. Y.
The funeral viii take place to-mor-
row morning at o'clock in st. Mich
aels Roman Catholic church when a
solemn requiem mass will be cele-
brated The body will lie in state in
the church from I o'clock this even-
ing until the hour of the funeral
members of Leo council, knights of
Columbus, and ST. Michael's court. /
Catholic order of Foresters, acting as
guard of honor. At the services to-
morrow Rev. Thomas J, Gaffney of
Rutland will act as celebrant Rev
Edward Reynolds Of Bellows Falls as
deacon, Rev NJ. j. Carmody of Lud-
low as sub deacon and Rev p. j. Bar
rett of the cathedral at Burlington as
master of ceremonies. The eulogy VIII
be preached by Rev. d. ]. O'Sullivan
of St Adams. Nearly all the priests
in the Burlington diocese will be
present and many from the SPRING
field and Manchester dioceses will
also be in attendance. Burial will
take place in the Roman Catholic
Friends are requested not /
to send flowers. Bishop Michaud of
the Burlington diocese arrived in /
Brattleboro last evening and will (
probably remain until after the fun
eral services