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Betty L. Cunningham

Betty L. Cunningham, 80, of Markle, IN, died Sunday, March 19, 2017, at 8:59 a.m. at Bluffton Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Cunningham graduated in 1954 from West Rock Creek High School. She had worked at the Kmart Distribution Center, in Fort Wayne, for more than 35 years and retired in 1996. She was a member of the Zanesville Community Church of God and the Zanesville Lions Club.

She was born Sept. 15, 1936, in Wells County to Elmer and Vera Horn Platt. She married Fred E. Cunningham Jr. on Feb. 25, 1967, at the Buckeye Christian Church, in Markle, and he survives.

Additional survivors include a daughter, Barbara (James) Macy, of Ossian; a brother, Ralph Platt, of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters-in-law, Anna Platt and Bonnie Kratz, both of Huntington; and two grandchildren, Joseph Macy and Jacob Macy, both of Ossian.

Calling is Wednesday, March 22, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Myers Funeral Home, 415 N. Lee St., Markle. A service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 11 a.m., with calling one hour prior to the service. Rev. Steve Whetstone will officiate. Interment will be at Hoverstock Cemetery, in Zanesville.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Zanesville Community Church of God in care of Myers Funeral Home, PO Box 403, Markle, IN 46770.

To sign the online guest registry, visit www.myersfuneralhomes.com.