Cynthia "Cindy" Diane Nolan

Cynthia Diane Nolan (Cindy) passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 6:10pm. Heaven will enjoy her company! Cindy was born in Detroit, MI on Dec. 20, 1947 to Lyle Meech and Norma (Martinelli) and was raised in Roseville, MI with her two brothers Greg & Marty on Groveland St. during the "heydays" of Detroit post-war, baby-boom, suburban growth. Growing up, Cindy had many close friends in the neighborhood that continued throughout her life. 

Cindy enjoyed music and performing from a young age. She loved Motown music, played the title character, Calamity Jane, in her HS play and volunteered as an usher at the Fischer Theatre. She graduated from Roseville High in 1965 and Mercy School of Nursing in 1968 as a Registered Nurse. Inspired by the "Summer of Love", Cindy moved to San Francisco in 1969 where she worked as nurse, attended the Altamont Speedway Free Festival and enjoyed the sights of Northern California, but no matter how hard she tried to be a "groovy hippy" she missed her family and friends and returned home.

 Cindy married Pat Nolan on Aug. 1, 1970. Living on Homer St. behind the Roseville Theatre at Gratiot & Utica, she had 3 boys: Nathan, Aaron & Brandon. Cindy moved to Shawnee St. in Tecumseh, MI in 1977 and began working at Herrick Hospital - they brought her in on a snowmobile to help keep the hospital running during the blizzard of '78. In 1980, she moved to Macon, MI where she raised her family. Cindy went back to college and graduated with her BS-Nursing from Univ. of Michigan in 1985. She worked at UofM Hospital in the Diabetes Care Unit and at Herrick as the diabetes educator for Lenawee County. Cindy enjoyed helping others and was generous with her time. She volunteered as a catechism teacher at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Tecumseh, helped at local nursing homes and educated kids at diabetes summer camps. 

Those that know Cindy, understand that she was all about the "experience"- she was fun! She enjoyed hosting large parties and guests at her home in Macon where friends & family would dance, have bonfires, swim in the pool, play cards and socialize. For years she hosted SuperBowl parties and her dear friends from nursing school would drive in from the Detroit-area to attend. She loved a good Halloween Party and would take kids to the cemetery to "tell ghost stories" :) She was close to & loved her 1st & 2nd cousins and hosted “Cousin-a-thons”. Family birthday parties were known for using the "Chinese candles" and having piñatas! In 1995, she moved to the Irish Hills on Sand Lake. She continued to enjoy hosting friends and family and visiting them in the area and abroad. Cindy loved to travel and enjoyed learning new things.

 She firmly believed in Mark Twain's quote, that "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness". Cindy travelled to all 50 states and hauled her little trailer across the nation and down into Mexico numerous times. Some of her favorite places were Lanai & the volcanos of Hawaii, Narita Japan, Hong Kong, Victoria Island BC, Halifax & the Canadian Maritime Provinces, Cotswold England, the Blarney Stone Castle in Ireland, Innsbrook Austria, Munich Germany, Rome, Venice, the Isle of Capri (the Blue Grotto) in Italy, Barcelona & Madrid, the caves of former Yugoslavia, Belize, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Atacama Desert in Chile & Peru, the Panama Canal, Cartagena Columbia, and Kino Bay & the Mexican Baja. She was planning new adventures to the end! In 2012, Cindy began wintering in Enchanted Shores in Naples, FL. She loved being in Florida and continued to make new friends, host friends & family, play cards, eat out and participate in the many activities of the park community. 

The mottos she lived by were, “Live Aloha” and “When life gives you lemons, add salt and tequila”. Cindy often referred to the "heroes of her life" - her Aunts: Auntie Margatet (always her soft place to fall), Auntie Kate Yizze (proud that she went away to nursing school), Auntie Mac (best babysitter ever), Auntie Erie (unconditional love & support), Auntie Helen (so much fun to be around, model of what she wanted to be when she grew up), Auntie Annie Meech (playing cards in FL), Auntie Pauline (love & support) and Auntie Carol (the sweetest creature on Earth with 2 eyes). Above all else, Gramma Cindy loved her 10 grandkids and taught them all how to play Texas Hold'em poker :) 

Cindy is survived by her husband Pat, sons Nathan (Linda Brunzell), Aaron & Brandon, brother Marty (Karen), and grandkids, Patrick, Kate, Charlie, Rose Marie, Lucy, Cameron, Marion, Anna, Henry and Mason.

.A memorial Mass is planned at St. Joseph Shrine Catholic Church in the Irish Hills on Saturday, Sept. 28th at 11:00am and a reception will follow. If you would like to attend, please RSVP Pat at sandlakecottage@yahoo.com., no flowers please. 

Family is requesting no flowers or trees to be sent in Cynthia's memory. 

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