- Cynthia Louise Cox Drollinger, 75, died on August 16th, 2022, after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer in Mesa, Arizona. Leaving her family and earthly home to continue her journey in Heaven.
She began her life in Sunnyside, Washington, on June 26th, 1947. Her parents Vern L. and Frances Louise Fielding Cox, shortly thereafter moved to Moses Lake, followed by several years in Warden, Washington.
She graduated from Warden High School in 1965 where she was active in school as a head cheerleader and homecoming queen.
Cindy attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. Shortly after she met Lonnie Jay Drollinger they married on April 2, 1966. Sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She considered her two daughters and five sons her crowning achievement. Becoming an entrepreneur by starting a preschool for a short while at their home. Following that she started her career as a beauty consultant for Mary Kay in 1983. Within a year she became a director and earned six new cars during her Mary Kay career until 2004.
In 2005, she became a health coach for Optavia, a company that provides health support and products to their clients. She achieved the rank of Presidential in 2016. She helped run the business until 2020 when she and Lonnie sold their business and retired.
Cindy was preceded in death by her parents and grandson Aidan, and survived by her husband Lonnie, children Bryan Drollinger, Troy (Renee Simpson) Drollinger, Darice (Dale) Ballard, Angela (Darrin) Dryden, Jason (Tori Paxson) Drollinger, Jeremy (Michelle Crane) Drollinger, and Andrew Drollinger, 21 grandchildren and one on the way¸ 4 great-grandchildren and one on the way, her sister Linda Watkins and brother Phil Cox.
Her funeral will be held in Warden Washington at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 11 am. Her ashes will be buried next to her parents at the Moses Lake Guarding Angels Cemetery.
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1947 - 2022 (75 years)
