Cynthia Lee Rohr-Blyth

She moved to the Chicago area and then to Buffalo, New York where her father’s work took the family, finally settling on the family homestead in Easton where her mother’s family had lived for six generations. She lived the rest of her life in Connecticut.

Cindy knew from an early age that she wanted to be a teacher. She graduated from Joel Barlow High School and Central Connecticut University. After graduation she established her own nursery school, Easton Early Learning Center, which she ran for a number of years.

Cindy was always ambitious, and she worked part time at a local restaurant as a bartender. The bar was a hang out for the local police department. That is where she met her future husband, Bill Blyth, a Monroe police officer. The first time he saw Cindy, he said to a friend, “some day I am going to marry that girl.”

On May 19, 1984, they married. Cindy gave birth to their daughter, Ashley, on May 18, 1986.

Two years later Cindy became seriously ill with a rare disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, which she struggled with for the rest of her life. The disease eventually forced her to stop working for a year, and she then sold the nursery school.

Cindy then worked for the Unquowa School for two years. She began working at Redding Elementary School in 1991 and worked there for the next 28 years. She taught pre-k through first grade. She dearly loved teaching young children and only retired after her own granddaughter, Diana, was born so she could spend time with her.

In addition to teaching, Cindy was a cheerleading coach for Pop Warner football, first in Monroe, and later for Aspetuck Pop Warner in Easton/Redding. She coached so well that one year her team won the local championship and went to the nationals at Disney World. Eventually she coached for her alma mater Joel Barlow.

Cindy was active in the Redding Education Association, and was president of the union, looking out for her fellow teachers’ work rights. Many of her fellow workers approached her with their problems over the years.

Cindy is survived by her husband of 41 years, William Blyth, her daughter Ashley and Ashley’s husband, Junior Matos, two grandchildren Diana Matos, 6, and Wesley Matos, 5. She is also survived by a brother, Richard Rohr and his wife, Charmaine, and a sister, Barbara Rohr. In addition, she is survived by six nieces and nephews, Alexandra, Victoria, Jacob, Matthew, Elizabeth, and Andrew. Also, sister-in-law Kathy Blyth Raynor and her husband Mike, and a brother-in-law, Tim and his wife, Lisa and their two children, Madison and Michael.

Cindy’s visitation will be Friday, December 12 from 4 PM until 8 PM at Spadaccino and Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home, 315 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe. A funeral service will be held at Christ Church, Easton at 11 AM on Saturday, December 13, with a reception to follow in the church hall.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial donation to the Building Improvement Fund of Christ Church, Easton, at christchurcheaston.com/give.