Cindy L. DeRego

Derry - Cindy Lynn (Lampro) DeRego, 42, born Oct. 3, 1970, in Manchester to Phillip and Leona Lampro of Derry, passed away on Oct. 8, 2012, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, after a ferocious battle with cancer.

Cindy graduated from Londonderry High School and spent a year abroad in Regensburg, Germany, as an exchange student. She also graduated with the Class of 1994 from New England College with a degree in international administration. Cindy always aspired to work with the United Nations.

She loved riding her horse, Dallas, reading, making jellies, jams and pickles, baking and gardening. Cindy had a dry sense of humor and loved British comedy and Zatoichi samurai movies. She developed a love for the Boston Red Sox, and, via that, Fisher Cats baseball.

Cindy was beautiful, with a shock of thick red hair and wide pale blue eyes. It is physically impossible for anyone to love their children more than Cindy loved Ian and Margaret. Cindy fought cancer to the bitter end and as the battle dragged on, irrespective of the challenges facing her, girded her loins and moved forward to meet them. She preferred historical fiction and romance books, but sometimes delved into political and biographical works. Cindy always wished to return to Arundel, England, where she and Jeffrey met and fell in love.

She worked as a customer service supervisor for State Line Tack, Comcast and Herrington Catalog Company. Cindy was a member of the Alpha Theta Psi fraternity. She loved cheering at the finish line for her family as they learned to run in local footraces. She had planned, once vanquishing cancer, to join them. Cindy loved music, most recently the Foo Fighters and Adele. She was relentlessly supportive of her husband's writing and extremely proud of his success. She loved to paint her toenails and bake cookies with Margaret and snuggle on the couch with Ian to watch monster movies. Even when at her sickest, Cindy surrounded her family with affection. Cindy was a great friend - a best friend - she was loved by many, and will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know her.

She leaves behind her beloved husband, Jeffrey; their children, Ian and Margaret DeRego; her mother and father; and siblings Donna Lambert, Matthew Webb, Jonathan Webb, Lisa Mae Rowell, Timothy Lampro; and a crowd of nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by brother Amon Webb.

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services: Calling hours will be at the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry, on Friday, Oct. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. with a memorial service to follow. Reception information will be announced at the funeral home. Contact Jeff DeRego for more information at jrderego@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers, please donate in Cindy's memory to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America, the American Cancer Society, or directly to Brigham and Women's Hospital. To send a condolence or for more information, please visit peabodyfuneralhome.com.