Ann Marie French

BORN FEBRUARY 13, 1963, AND PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY WITH HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE ON JUNE 27,
2023.
ANN GREW UP IN PORTLAND, ME, ATTENDED LOCAL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND
GRADUATED FROM PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN 1981. AFTER GRADUATION, SHE WENT ON TO ATTEND
THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT PRESQUE ISLE. SHE ALSO ATTENDED THE FORMER ANDOVER COLLEGE IN
PORTLAND, ME, WHERE SHE OBTAIN AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND COMPUTERS IN
1984 AND AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING IN 1994. ANN HAD SEVERAL JOBS OVER MANY
YEARS, INCLUDING DOMINO’S PIZZA, DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, PART TIME CROSSING
GUARD, AND MOST RECENTLY A CLERK AT 1 ST STOP.
SHE LOVED TO GO TO CONCERTS. FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TO THE ROAR OF THE CROWDS SINGING
ALONG AT AC/DC IN A PACKED GILLETTE STADIUM, TO DEF LEPPARD/ZZTOP AND LYNRD SKYNRD IN
VIRGINIA, TO A SMALL NEW HAMPSHIRE VENUE ATTENDING A JUDAS PRIEST CONCERT. SHE LOVED
CAMPING AND SHE HAD A DEEP LOVE FOR THE RED SOX AND THE BRUINS. SHE LOVED THE NEW
ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND ENJOYED WATCHING TOM BRADY FINESSE HIS WAY THROUGH A FORMIDABLE
DOLPHINS DEFENSE. MOST RECENTLY, ANN HAD BEGUN TO SHOW A FONDNESS FOR RUSSELL WILSON
(SEATTLE MARINERS) AS WELL.
ANN MARIE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND ROGER J. GUTHRIE, JR. SHE IS PREDECEASED BY HER
PARENTS, MARY ANN (GORHAM) FRENCH AND DONALD LAVERNE FRENCH, AND HER BROTHER DONALD
JOSEPH FRENCH.
ANN MARIE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHERS CHRIS (VICKIE) OF VIRGINIA, CRISTIN OF SOUTH PORTLAND,
AND PHILIP, OF GRAY. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER STEPSON CHRISTIAN GUTHRIE, NEPHEW
MATTHEW FRENCH, NIECES MEAGAN FRENCH, AND JENNA CONCIDINE (ASHLEY).
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TO ONE OF HER FAVORITE CHARITIES: THE NATIONAL
KIDNEY FOUNDATION, THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
ANN’S OUTLOOK ON LIFE IS BEST DESCRIBED IN THE WORDS OF JUDAS PRIEST: “YOU GOT ANOTHER
THING COMING!”

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