David ‘Dave’ Cunningham passed away on 10/30/2019 at the University of Washington (UW) Hospital in Seattle.  Dave had celebrated his 80th birthday in March.  Born In Minneapolis Minnesota, he spent most of his youth in Moorhead  MN where he enjoyed weekends of fishing at his parents lake cabin at Big Cormorant Lake.  He and his only brother Richard Cunningham, who preceded Dave in death, enjoyed many family memories from the lake.   Dave loved fishing and taught his kids to fish at an early age.  Fishing remained a favorite family activity throughout the years.  Dave also joined the National Guard after High School where he first developed his love of airplanes which he enjoyed studying and collecting (models) all of his life.

After marrying Shirley Danielson, in 1958, and having 2 kids, Dave graduated from Moorhead State in 1962 with a degree in Business Administration. He moved his family out west in 1963 where he landed a sales job with International Harvester in Lewiston ID. While in Lewiston Dave was very active in the community.  He eventually went to work for Washington Water Power (now Avista) and was an active member of the Lewiston Jaycees and supported 4-H.  In 1970, his marketing  job with WWP took him him to Spokane, WA.   .