John Evans Bainbridge

SHEBOYGAN - From the front lines in the Pacific, John E. Bainbridge asked his family not to let his niece forget him. "Bet she is growing like a weed," he wrote. Nancy Cunningham was 2 when her uncle was killed in present-day Papua New Guinea during World War II. Now 79, she will attend his burial Sunday as his next of kin. It took a lifetime to identify Bainbridge's remains, re-exhumed and re-examined multiple times before new DNA technology finally made a match this June. Cunningham, whose cheek swab was used for the positive ID, felt relief that she lived long enough to see it through. "I've never forgotten him," she said. Just as he'd hoped..... For the rest of this article, please use this link. A graveside service will be held at ROSELAWN MEMORIAL PARK, 401 Femrite Dr., Monona, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson East Funeral & Cremation Care 5203 Monona Drive (608) 221-5420