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Cynthia Peterson Obituary

Name: Memorial service for Cynthia Peterson
Start: 2019-10-25T14:30:00.000Z
Location: Putnam Cemetery

Cynthia Nance Peterson
Cynthia Nance Peterson of Petersburgh, NY died June 16, 2019 at Brookdale Fillmore Pond, an assisted living facility in Bennington, VT after a long battle with cancer. Cynthia was born March 6, 1937 in New Rochelle, NY. Her family moved to Riverside, CT in 1942. She was a graduate of Greenwich High School in 1954. She attended Brown University while also studying at Rhode Island School of Design. She was a 1958 graduate of Brown.
Cynthia went to Yale Architectural School in New Haven and graduated in 1965. Among her "jobs" while studying at Yale was working on projects with the noted architect Paul Rudolph. After Yale, she then went to NYC where she worked for the firm of Davis Brody. While there she worked on design plans for a University of Buffalo renovation among her many projects. Leaving Davis Brody, Cynthia was then a professor of architecture at City College in NYC, a position which she held until she retired to her vacation home in Petersburgh, NY in 1992.
For 27 years she had a very full life in Petersburgh filled with hobbies and activities with her many friends. In her retirement she served as an architectural consultant for the rebuilding of a portion of the public library in Petersburgh and for a while was a rural mail carrier and even a ski instructor at Jiminy Peak.Cynthia spent the last five months of her life at Brookdale in the company of her beloved cat Charrette.
Cynthia donated her body to Albany Medical College in Troy, NY for cancer research. She was predeceased by a brother Eric Peterson of San Diego, CA. Surviving her are a sister Diana Muzzarelli of La Jolla, CA, a brother Geoffrey Peterson and his wife Donna of Norwalk, CT and a niece and five nephews. A memorial service and burial will be held at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, CT on October 25, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or Albany Medical College in Troy, NY.

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Published by Greenwich Time on Sep. 17, 2019.

Memories and Condolences
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eden muir

September 22, 2019

Cynthia Peterson was my first Architecture prof, at CCNY in 1980. Her design classes were always more fun and less predictable than typical studios, ranging from Central Park kite festivals to constructing mood lamps or designing house boats. And occasionally buildings for real or fictitious site. She was terrific, always upbeat and enthusiastic.

Patricia Kantorski

September 18, 2019

Cynthia was my favorite professor at CCNY School of Architecture. She always had so many good ideas and had such positive energy that I still think of her often when I'm designing my projects.
I was sad to read of her passing, she was very special.

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