Supercentenarian Profile

Margaret Cunningham

Born:

1903-06-23

Ashland, Nebraska

United States

Died:

2013-10-21

Shoreline, Washington

United States

Margaret Winnifred Cunningham (née Whipple) was an American supercentenarian.

BIOGRAPHY

Margaret Cunningham was born in Ashland, Nebraska, on 23 June 1903. She had one sibling, her sister Helen Wollen.

She was a schoolteacher, homemaker, and caregiver. In 1925, she married Ralph Edward Cunningham (1904–1984), and the marriage lasted for 59 years until his passing. They had three children: Carole Jean, Robert E., and Ralph T. In 1937, the family moved to Seattle, Washington, traveling in a trailer Ralph had built for them. She loved reading the Bible, baking, crocheting, and listening to musicians, as well as to Paul Harvey and Art Bell.

Margaret Cunningham passed away in Shoreline, Washington, on 21 October 2013, at the age of 110 years, 120 days.