Dr. John D. Cunningham

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN D., M.D., age 88, of Avalon, died peacefully at Victoria Manor Nursing Home on Monday, July 8, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Ann Pearson Cunningham. He was born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania and lived for many years in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, spending his summers in Avalon, New Jersey. John attended Franklin and Marshall College and Dickinson College before going to Temple Medical School where he received his medical degree and residency training in Otolaryngology. He was a professor of Otolaryngology at University of Pennsylvania before retiring to office practice in Avalon, New Jersey where he lived for the past 42 years. He served in the US Navy prior to beginning an Ear Nose and Throat practice in Philadelphia and Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Other than his medical practice, John started many businesses in Avalon during the late 1960's and 1970's. These businesses included the Potpourri Peddler, Paper Peddler, Ice Cream Cone, Town Meeting, Lizzie's Attic, as well as an early owner of the Cape May County Herald. He owned Wayside Antiques in his later years and had a great love of antiques and history. He is survived by his two sons; Craig Raymond Cunningham of Swainton, and J. David Cunningham M.D. of Goldsboro, NC; and two daughters; Elizabeth A. Cunningham, Esq. (Chervenak) of Cape May Court House, and Cathryn Maloney of Lancaster, PA. He had eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 12, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 95th Street and Third Avenue, Stone Harbor. Entombment will be in Rolling Green Cemetery, Camp Hill, PA. Memorial donations may be made to the Cape May County Animal Shelter, DN 501B, 110 Shelter Road, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210.