Graveside services for Cynthia will be on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the Tuttle Cemetery, Rhame, ND, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Cynthia Lou Hendry died on August 19, 2019 at the age of 64 in the Sanford Hospital in Bismarck ,ND from Catatonic Depression after struggling with mental health issues. Cindy was born in the car on highway twelve in rural Fallon County, MT on April 25, 1955. She attended elementary school in Marmarth and Golva and graduated from Golva High School in 1973. Cindy attended Dickinson State College and graduated with a degree in medical transcription. She worked at Golden Valley County Hospital for a short time but then went back to Dickinson State College to obtain a degree in Business Education and later added a library credential.
Cindy began her teaching degree in Napoleon, ND where she taught for seven years, from there she went to a Department of Defense school in Germany for one year. She returned to the states and taught in numerous small schools in central and southern North Dakota. She moved to Bismarck in 2002 and taught at Standing Rock Public School for the last seventeen years. She recently retired in the spring of 2019.
Cindy did beautiful Hardanger embroidery, crocheted afghans/dish clothes, embroidered pillow cases, and loved to assemble jigsaw puzzles.
In the summers Cindy traveled extensively and her travels were what she was most proud of. Cindy's first European trip was with her longtime friend, Naomi Dolyniuk. Cindy and her mother, Gloria Hendry, traveled the world for ten years and visited Australia, Western Europe, North Africa, China, Alaska, and Canada. Cindy continued traveling to the Arctic Circle and Iceland after her mother's death. She had hoped to travel to the Panama Canal next summer with her friend from Australia.
Cindy made framed picture displays and picture albums of her many trips which will be displayed in her niece's Social Studies classroom.
Cindy retired from Standing Rock Public Schools in 2019. Cindy had struggled with mental health her whole life and it escalated quickly in the spring of 2019. She sought the help of many medical professionals, but unfortunately was unable to overcome these issues. She slipped into a Catatonic Depression end of July and passed away peacefully in August after extensive efforts from medical professionals, family, and friends to help her overcome this hard time in her life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Gloria Hendry, maternal grandparents John and Winifred Long, paternal grandparents Harry and Anna Hendry. She is survived by brother Mark Hendry (Lyn), niece Heidi Schwantes (Tyler), and numerous cousins in Baker, Billings, and Bozeman, MT.
Memorials in lieu of flowers should be sent to Sanford Health Foundation, Bismarck, ND.