Obituary of Constance Cunningham

Constance Cunningham

Apr. 14, 1938 – May 10, 2018

Resident of Santa Cruz

Constance Cunningham passed away on May 10, 2018 at her home in Santa Cruz. She was 80. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 14, 1938 one of three children born to Pauline and Walter Everett. She was preceded in death by her sister Christine in 1948 and her brother Steven in 1963.

Connie graduated from Brimmer and May School in 1954, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and received a Bachelor’s degree from Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio in 1960. Living in San Francisco during the 1960’s where she worked at the Emporium and met and married Michael Cunningham in 1963. They lived in Mill Valley and adopted their son Casey in 1972. After their divorce in 1980, mother and son moved to Santa Cruz in 1987. Connie worked as a realtor for Century 21 Award in Santa Cruz for 20 years before retiring in 2009. She gratefully lived her last 31 years in a recovery program which provided her many loving friends that helped her through the past 15 years dealing with COPD and congestive heart failure.

She is survived by her son, Casey Cunningham of Santa Cruz and many close and loving friends.

A celebration of her life will be held at La Feliz Room at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 on Saturday June 2, 2018 at 11:00 am. To express your condolences or share a memory with Connie’s family please visit www.pacificgardenschapel.com.