Ann Marie L. (Poremba) Cunningham, 70, of Derry, NH, died Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at the Parkland Medical Center in Derry. Ann Marie was born in Lawrence, MA on October 16, 1952, as the daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Doran) Poremba. She was a longtime resident of Derry, NH, moving there in 1978.
Ann Marie was raised in Lawrence, MA, where you could usually find her playing at her family’s bowling alley. She graduated from Lawrence High School and worked at Mass Electric for several years before becoming a devoted mother. She had a great sense of humor with a quick wit, and her knack for remembering dates was always impressive. She loved to make fun party favors and gifts for loved ones, but more importantly, loved helping loved ones in need and would do anything.
She leaves behind her daughter, Cara Miller and her husband Eddie, of N. Andover, MA, two granddaughters, Michaela and Madison Miller, of N. Andover, MA, sister, nicknamed “tister,” Kathleen Sheerin and her husband William of Laconia, NH., and caretaker niece, Kathi Hoyt and her husband Jamie, of Derry, NH. Many other loving nieces and nephews are Joe, Jeff, Mike, Steve, Greg, Kim, Jenn, Sean and Kristen. She is predeceased by her the love of her life, Michael J. Cunningham in 2018, and by her sister, Mary Lou Kayo in 1995.
Calling hours will be held on Monday, October 24, 2022 from 4 – 7pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, at 10:00 am in the funeral home. She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband at Forest Hill Cemetery, E. Derry.