AUBURN — Arthur J. “Bull” Cunningham, 87, of Rumford, died Saturday, May 14, at the Hospice House.

He was born in Rumford, Dec. 8, 1923, a son of Peter and Lozia (Richard) Cunningham, and was a high school graduate and had attended Rumford schools.

He served as a Private First Class with the Maine Army National Guard for several years in Company K, 103rd Infantry.

Arthur worked for more than 40 years at the Rumford Paper Mill and retired as an electrician in 1986. He was a communicant of St. Athanasius-St. John Church and a member of the Rumford Falls Aerie No. 1248, FOE.

He was married in Dixfield, Oct. 17, 1944, to the former Madeline D. Haines, who survives of Rumford.

Other survivors include sons, Arthur W. Cunningham of Standish, Gregory Cunningham of Lovell and Scott Cunningham of San Francisco, Calif.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and brothers, William “Baldy” Cunningham and Peter Cunningham of Rumford.
He was predeceased by his parents; four sisters, Marguerite Thibodeau, Alva Gallant, Dorothy Myles and Theresa York; and a brother, Alfred Cunningham.

Friends are invited to sign the family guest book and share their thoughts, condolences and memories online at www.meaderandson.com

Private services will be held at the family’s convenience. Interment will be at Gracelawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Auburn. Arrangements are under the care of the Meader & Son Funeral Home, Rumford.