With great sorrow we share the passing of our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. Cindy Staples was taken from everyone and everything she loved on Saturday, March 20th, 2021 and the world lost a beautiful, caring and selfless soul and the light of our life.
Born in Ontario, California in 1965, Cindy grew up in San Diego and attended Madison High School. A gifted student and devoted daughter, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee and earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Memphis, where she also attended the Cecil C. Humphrey’s School of Law.
After graduate school, Cindy began a successful career in Finance and Program Management starting as a Financial Analyst in the early 1990’s at Public Financial Management in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Relocating to Portland, Oregon, Cindy married Michael Staples and joined PacifiCorp as a Senior Financial Analyst and later became an Assistant Vice President at Wachovia Securities. Returning to San Diego, Cindy’s career included several senior positions in finance, treasury, and program management at companies including Science Applications International Corporation, The Corky McMillan Companies, Intuit, CoreLogic and LPL Financial Corporation. At Cindy’s time of passing, she had just begun a new program management position at VincentBenjamin supporting Cetera Financial Group.
Away from career and school, Cindy was an avid runner and participated in several half marathons and completed her goal of running the New York and Marine Corp full marathons. She was a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. Cindy enjoyed travel, music, movies, cooking, and home decorating. But mostly, Cindy was completely devoted to the care and well-being of family, close friends, and her pets.
Cindy is survived by her husband of 25 years, Michael, and their children, William and Chloe. She was the daughter of Petty Thompson, Frederick Hill (deceased) and the stepdaughter of Lt. Col. Albert Thompson (deceased). Cindy was the granddaughter of Matilde Reyes (deceased). Cindy was the sister of Colleen Savage (Barry) and Erin Thompson. She was the aunt of Maximilian Thompson (Chelsey), Cullen Thompson, Lily Savage, Reid Staples and Sophia Elfrink. Cindy was the daughter-in-law of Stephen “Pete” Staples Sr. and Janis Staples; sister-in-law of Stephen Staples Jr. (Catherine), Susan Elfrink (Gary) and Brian Thompson. Cindy was the niece of Lt. Col. Samuel A. “Tim” Staples III (deceased) and Katherine Staples, and cousin of Gregory Staples (Vanessa), Dr. Robert Fabricant (Jay) and family.
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