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Born in 1927 in a small Pennsylvania town, Cindy grew up in many places, including China, where her father, an officer in the Navy, was stationed. After her parents divorced, Cindy and her mother moved to San Francisco. She attended Lowell High School and developed a lifelong love of opera and classical music.
After high school Cindy married and settled in Marin County with her husband and two sons. She had a daughter to her second husband and lived again in San Francisco. Another divorce left Cindy a single mom. She moved to Oakland to take a job managing a dental office. Eventually she left that position to pursue her love of jewelry and her talent for sales, working as a salesperson for Shreve & Co and later for Zales. After moving to Moraga, Cindy ran her own antique jewelry business selling at shows around the Bay Area. In retirement she volunteered for Leftovers Thrift Shop in Walnut Creek where she thrived managing the jewelry donations.
Youthful and stylish, Cindy was the bright star in every room and she will be greatly missed. Preceded in death by her two sons, she is survived by her daughter Moya Stone (Richard), daughter-in-law Lori Bacigalupi (James), grandson Forrest Bacigalupi, granddaughter Serene Bacigalupi (Paul), and great-grandson Leroy D'Avino. Cindy will be interred at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Lafayette.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA