Poulsbo resident Sarah Degge Caldwell Cunningham, age 74, died Sept. 9 at Martha and Mary Care Center in Poulsbo.

She was born July 29, 1928 in Roanoke, Va. to James and Burroughs (Degge) Caldwell.

Sarah earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va. and attended graduate school in journalism at Columbia University in New York City. Sarah married Robert G. Cunningham on Aug. 10, 1954 in New York City.

His career in the Navy took the couple to a variety of locales including Brussels, Belgium; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Cleveland, Ohio. She came to Kitsap County in 1991 to be near her daughter.

She enjoyed reading, writing, hiking with her dogs and being an active member of the Episcopal Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Diane Bradshaw of Greensboro, N.C. and Sally Olsen of Bainbridge Island; one sister, Elizabeth Robinson of Roanoke, Va.; and three grandsons, Ryan Olsen of Bainbridge and Mathew and Michael Schantz of Greensboro, N.C.

Memorial services will be held in Roanoke, Va. at a later date.

Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home, Bainbridge Island.