Margery Ann Cunningham

1927 - 2025

Margery Ann Cunningham
12/22/1927 - 12/15/2025
With deep sadness, the Cunningham family announces the peaceful passing of Margery (Marge) Ann Cunningham, just one week shy of her 98th birthday. Marge was the spiritual and social nucleus of the Sunset District family home that she and her late husband, Robert (Bob) Louis Cunningham, inhabited for more than 70 years.
Marge was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to William and Mary Winters, the younger sister of the late Dr. Orville Winters and the late Virginia (Sister Regina) Winters. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in French, with minors in Latin and Philosophy, from Our Lady of Cincinnati College (now Xavier University) in June 1949. She and Bob were married in August 1949, after which they moved to Quebec, where Bob completed his PhD in Philosophy. Marge and Bob relocated to San Francisco in 1953 to raise their growing family as Bob began his career as a professor of Philosophy at Lone Mountain College and later at the University of San Francisco (USF). While raising eight children, Marge received her Master's degree in Theology from USF in December 1970, and subsequently taught Religion for several years at Mercy High School, Burlingame. In May 1980, Marge received her Master's degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from USF before earning an MFCC license and embarking on a 25-year career as a counselor and therapist.
Marge's passion for music, cooking, reading, lively conversation and exploration of the outdoors was shared with Bob and their children. Family camping and hiking trips ranged throughout the Western US and included VW bus trips across the US and into Canada. She and Bob enjoyed numerous excursions together throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. She had a beautiful singing voice, evident whether accompanying herself or her children on the piano or blending with others in the alto section of the San Francisco Choral Society. Marge valued her family and her Catholic faith above all else, and her spirituality graced all who knew her.
One of her great pleasures until her final days was exchanging ideas, recounting stories of her life and sharing her accumulated wisdom and knowledge with her eight children, nineteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her warm and nurturing presence will be deeply missed while her loving spirit lives on.
Marge was predeceased by Bob in 2019 and their infant son David in 1958. She is survived by her children: Mary Christine, Michael, Sheila (Mark Kenney, deceased), Mark, Gregory (Susan Hill), Virginia (Michael Baefsky), Roberta (David Nelson) and Lisa (John Hettinger); her grandchildren: Michael Jerome, Alexandra (Alex), Steven (Allison), Jesse, David (Kathy), Austin (Marisa), O'Bryan (Marina), Zachary (Allison), Gabriel, Ujaia, Isabella (Jimmy), Nicholas (Amy), Dmitri (Sumer), Andrew (Dominique), Matthew, Samuel, Holland, Graham and Quincey; and her great-grandchildren: Robert, Asher, Christine, Theo, Nikola, Charlotte, Leo and Joseph. Marge is also fondly remembered by Carla Bundrick, Lauretta Zucchetti and her dear and loyal friends, including her TALK Line colleagues and her fellow women's and prayer group members.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 11:00 am at St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Avenue, San Francisco, followed by a reception. Parking is limited.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION IN MARGE'S MEMORY TO ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED ON HER DUGGAN'S OBITUARY PAGE.