Mark Cunningham

Mark Alan Cunningham was born to Don and Alice Cunningham on September 21, 1951, in Longmont, CO. He grew up across the country, dependent on Don’s duty station with the U.S. Air Force. He graduated from University of Colorado where he received his Illuminating Engineering degree. He then moved to California to work for Pacific Gas & Electric Company. When he transferred to Fresno he met Elizabeth Laben in a grocery store. They were married on June 10, 1978. After living and working in the Bay Area, Mark and Liz settled in Bakersfield, CA, where he continued with PG&E. Their son, Nathan, was born in 1987, and their daughter, Rachel, was born in 1990. In Bakersfield Mark was an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and worked on Jimmy Carter Work Projects in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, Houston, Texas and other locations. He was a troop leader for the Boy Scouts Southern Sierra Council Troop 147 and served in a variety of leadership roles at Northminster Presbyterian Church. After retiring from PG&E in 2009, he became a contributing author for a lighting engineering book and briefly came out of retirement to work for Nestle as an ice cream taste tester. In retirement, Mark was most active with Living Water World Missions, traveling to Guatemala, Ecuador, and Cuba to install sustainable water purification systems in schools, orphanages, hospitals, and training facilities. He first traveled to Guatemala in 2011, joined the board of directors in 2017, and completed over 20 trips. Mark and Liz traveled the world, enjoying trips to Greece, Israel, Italy, and New Zealand. He loved to camp and explore National Parks and make regular trips to Alaska to visit their son Nathan. They relocated to East Wenatchee, WA, in 2021 to be closer to their daughter Rachel and became active members of Saddlerock Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Mark was preceded in death by his father Don. He is survived by wife Liz, son Nathan, daughter Rachel Evey, mother Alice, sister Sandy Sweeney (Michael), and sister Teri Cunningham. He also had many extended family members that meant a great deal to him. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Saddlerock Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 1400 S Miller St, Wenatchee, WA. Arrangements are in the care of Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee, WA. To honor Mark, the family requests memorial gifts to Living Water World Missions (www.livingwaterworldmissions.org) or the Global Mission fund at Saddlerock Evangelical Presbyterian Church (www.saddlerockepc.org). Arrangements by Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.

Mark Cunningham

September 21, 1951 - July 5, 2023