In Memoriam - Will Cunningham

I remember Will Cunningham from high school and he was so funny and always appropriate. Besides passing Will in the halls of Wilson my only other significant interaction was to go on a double date with him (Will was not my date). I remember the double date and who I went with, but for the past few years, Will could not remember his date's name and always asked if I could remember (someone I had only met that night and she was several years younger than us). Will asking me if I remembered her name was a standing joke when we saw one another.

Will was proud that he went to Wilson. It showed, too. He was on the reunion committee and though he lived in Oklahoma and elsewhere, he managed to make nearly every reunion meeting. He was a hard worker, showing up hours before the reunions to set up and stayed to take decorations down, rearrange tables and chairs and anything that he could help with.

Will was a great Goodwill Ambassador, always happy, joking, making people feel good about themselves and seemed genuinely interested in what and how everyone was doing, talking to everyone he could in the group. I never heard him cuss, ever. He didn't gossip or say anything negative about anyone either. He was friends with everyone. Will was a true gentleman... always!

In high school, Will was very active in in our class, a good student on the honor roll. He was in drama, and appeared in the play Tom Jones. Will ran for Vice President and lost by only a few votes.

Will attended UW and then worked for the Northern Pacific Railway, which turned into his lifetime career with the BNSF Railway. He married his wife Marne in 1987 and soon they had two children,  daughter Delaney, who was recently married, and son Evan.

This has been very hard for me to write. I just couldn't site down in front of my computer and write.

He is missed by many people.

Here is the link to Will's online obituary:
http://www.whatcomcremationandfuneral.com/obituary/william-archer-cunningham