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Nancy Cunningham Obituary
October 6, 2010
Nancy Cunningham passed away in her home on October 6, 2010 from complications due to esophageal cancer. Born in Minneapolis, Nancy graduated Stanford University in 1959 and practiced criminal law until her retirement in 2004. She was a fearless, outspoken and generous supporter of progressive political causes and a crusader for animal rights.
Art, travel, service, reading, women's rights, her pets and friends constituted the core abiding values of her life. She also loved football, her Venice bungalow, her MINI Cooper, and had no use for organized religion, republicans, and/or other kinds of fools.
Although Nancy never married nor had children, she is loved and remembered by her friends and neighbors, who admired her fierce independence, her prodigious intellect, her blunt honesty, her unfailing kindness, and her ready laugh.
Donations in Nancy's memory can be made to VCHC - Venice Community Housing Corporation, 720 Rose Ave. Venice, CA 90291 (310) 399-4100, www.vchcorp.org or to Inside Out Community Arts, 2210 Lincoln Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 (310) 397-8820, www.insideoutca.org/about-us.
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