Lane Cunningham

Lane M. Cunningham, 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at his home.

He was born Dec. 5, 1934, in Burfordville to Ralph M. and Pauline “Pat” McDaniel Cunningham. He and Gladys F. “Faye” Masters were married May 30, 1977.

Lane was a 1952 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He was an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army, serving from July 10, 1953, to July 9, 1956. Upon his return from the service, he studied two years at Southeast Missouri State University and then attended Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Indiana, earning a degree in electrical engineering.

Lane was employed at Lockheed AFB in Atlanta and McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis. Upon returning to Jackson, he earned his agent’s license in commercial and residential real estate and briefly worked at the former Heritage Savings and Loan in Jackson. In 1971, Lane and his brother, Larry, established Cunningham Brothers Realty, and in 1985, they established Cunningham Brothers Appraisal, both in Jackson.

Lane was a member of VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, Elks 2652 and Excelsior Masonic Lodge 441, both in Jackson. He was a 32nd-degree member of the Valley of St. Louis Scottish Rite in St. Louis and a member of First Baptist Church in Burfordville.

Lane enjoyed boating and lake activities. He was an avid golfer and achieved a hole-in-one, to his amazement as well as everyone else’s.

Loving survivors include his wife of 39 years, Faye of Cape Girardeau; two siblings, Betty Cunningham Nordin and husband Jack of Chaffee, Missouri, and Larry Cunningham and wife Sheila of Jackson; three sisters-in-law, Mary Lou Masters McDowell of Jackson, Karen Masters Stevenson and husband Robert “Skip” of Cape Girardeau and Ethel Masters Thornbrue and husband John of Muskogee, Oklahoma; eight nieces and nephews, Vickie Nordin Dumey of Chaffee, Stacy Cunningham Schott of Austin, Texas, Kyle McDowell of Jackson, Shane Sinn of Cape Girardeau, Travis Sinn of St. Louis, Kimberlee Kae Kinder Adams of St. Louis, Bob Kinder of Jackson and Ed Kinder of LeMoore, California.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a niece, Mary Melissa McDowell.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Josh Boley officiating, assisted by family friend Mark Kiblinger. The committal will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with full military honors.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Southeast Hospice or donor’s choice of charity.

Online condolences may be sent to www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.