Cynthia Kelly Kerschbaumer

Cynthia Kelly Kerschbaumer, Cyndie, passed away on Sunday April 30, 2023 in Delray Beach, Florida, surrounded by her family.

Cyndie was born in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 10, 1944 where she grew up and attended the Winchester Thurston School.

At the age of 16 she started her career in fashion, working for the visionary Mr. Walter Blattner at the Surrey Shop on Walnut Street. She was soon asked to model for emergent designers of the time, including Halston and Ralph Lauren. Cyndie married her husband Bill on June 18, 1966. They resided in Pennsbury until moving to Fox Chapel, PA in 1973 where they raised their two children. When the children finished high school, Cyndie joined the team at the venerable William Penn Hat and Gown Shop as the Fashion Director, where she remained until the stores closing in 2001.

Prior to suffering a stroke in 2002, Cyndie was an avid tennis player, and enjoyed skiing with her family, and spending time traveling with friends. Over the last twenty years she fostered a her love of gardening, and developed a penchant for growing a variety of orchids at the family's home in Delray Beach.

Cyndie leaves behind her most cherished friends who will remember her for her brilliant smile, quick wit, love of family, and her unwavering generosity and grace. She was preceded in death by her parents Natalie Mercer Latimer (William) and Woodruff Scoval Kelly (Consie) as well as her husband William Kay Kerschbaumer, brother Woodruff Scoval Kelly Jr., sister-in-law Patricia Kerschbaumer Wrenn and nephew Daniel Hall Wrenn. She is survived by her brother Robert Kelly (Sharon) and sister Diane Natali (Gene), and her many wonderful nieces, nephews and dear cousins.

Left to cherish the memory of their mother and grandmother are her two children William Scott Kerschbaumer (Eva) and Patricia Brooke Kerschbaumer (Todd) and her two beloved grandchildren Kristian Scott Kerschbaumer and MacKenzie Brooke Foster whom she often said were her greatest joy.

Private memorial services will be held in Delray Beach, FL and Pittsburgh, PA.