Montie Leslie Cunningham Jr.

VASSALBORO – Montie Leslie Cunningham Jr., 88, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. Junior was born in Windsor, Maine, on June 12, 1933, the son of Montie Leslie Cunningham Sr. and Marguerite Cunningham. He graduated from Erskine Academy in 1950. He married Ellen Cunningham Sept. 3, 1955.

Junior and Ellen lived their adult lives in Vassalboro, Maine, until her death Sept. 29, 2014. Junior has since married Betty Reed of Bucksport and continued to live their lives in Vassalboro until his untimely passing. Junior worked at Mister Market, the Kennebec Journal and J.S. McCarthy Printers until his retirement.

Junior loved the Red Sox and rarely, if ever missed a televised game. He also enjoyed traveling to Fenway Park with his family for a game. He loved coaching his sons through little league and umpiring his grandchildren’s softball games. Family trips to Moosehead Lake and camping at Green Valley and Aldus Shores campgrounds and playing cards with the neighbors were also a passion of his.

Junior was predeceased by his parents, mother and father-in-law, Archie and Lillian Reed; brothers, Howard and Ronald and sister, Brenda; brother-in-law, John Reed and sisters-in-law, Francis Soper and Vidy Glidden .

He is survived by his wife, Betty, sisters, Donna, Gwen and her husband Glendon, Jacky and her partner Tim , Cheryl and her husband Jimmy and his brothers, Robert and Darryl and his wife Lori; his son’s Michael of Vassalboro, Barry and his wife Sonja of Hampden, Lee and his wife Nancy of Vassalboro and Scott and his wife Brenda of Winchester, Va.; grandchildren, Stacy, Erin, Kelly, Michael, Amy, Jessica, Timmothy, Jaclyn and Patric; great-grandchildren, Connor, Cash, Camden and Aubrie; brothers-in-law, Donald Reed and sister-in-law, Helen Cunningham; stepsons, Daniel Reed and his partner Lisa and Steven LaRue and his wife Sheila. He also has many loving nieces and nephews.

Graveside services at Cross Hill Cemetery, Vassalboro, will be conducted on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m. A gathering of family and friends to celebrate Junior’s life will be held at his house in Vassalboro immediately following the service.

Arrangements are under the direction and care of Aable Cremation Services, Waterville.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your charity of choice.