Cynthia Rubicam

1931 - 2025

Cynthia (Pendleton) Rubicam
July 3, 2025
Cynthia (Pendleton) Rubicam passed away peacefully on July 3, 2025 in Phoenix, AZ at age 94. Cindy was born on June 10, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY to Leonard Thurston Pendleton and Erma (Stoecker) Pendleton. The Pendletons moved to Pelham, NY when Cindy was four, where she met Harry C. Rubicam, III to whom she would be married for almost 70 years.
Cindy graduated with honors from Pelham Memorial High School, earned a B.A. in American Culture from Mount Holyoke College in 1953 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Cindy and Harry raised their children, Lynn, Peter (Kelly), and Wendy (Craig Willis), in Old Greenwich, CT, where Cindy co-founded the Greenwich Environmental Action Group (GEAG) and was a member of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting and Board of Selectmen. She was a dedicated life-long Republican who served in several leadership positions with the party in Connecticut.
After Harry's retirement, Cindy and Harry combined their talents as antique dealers and later relocated to Sharon, CT, where they enjoyed an active social and family life. Cindy belonged to the Millbrook Garden Club and participated enthusiastically in other community organizations.
Cindy and Harry later moved to Scottsdale, AZ, where Cindy was active in several bridge leagues. She channeled her love of dogs into volunteering for a local animal shelter and visiting memory care facilities with her beloved rescue poodle, Buddy.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Harry, and brother, John Braman Pendleton. In addition to her children, Cindy is survived by her grandchildren, Samantha and Nick Evans, Savannah (Mitchell Hart) and Grace O'Malley, Kitty (Erik Scanlon), John and Madeline Rubicam (Mason Copper), and great-grandchildren, Pendleton and Booker Scanlon.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in Cindy's name can be made to the Foothills Animal Rescue in Scottsdale, AZ.