Cynthia Rodstrom Kinsella, 92, of Vero Beach, passed away on Nov. 6, 2014, at Indian River Estates in Vero Beach.
She was born on June 17, 1922, to Captain Charles Rodstrom and Cora Adelaide Waterhouse. She married to John Lawrence Kinsella, who predeceased her.
Kinsella graduated from Hunter College in New York City, and the Bellevue School of Nursing, which she later directed. She earned her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at Columbia University, and held a variety of professional appointments, including a Presidential appointment to the National Advisory Committee on Nurse Training, a Governor’s appointment to the New York State Health Resources Commission, and a Mayoral appointment to the Comprehensive Health Planning Board.
She was appointed Dean of the Mount Sinai School of Nursing of the City College, holding a joint appointment as Director of Nursing at the Mount Sinai Hospital. She served as a Trustee of the Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, N.Y., and as a member of the Governor’s Council on Excellence in Long Term Care in Florida.
The family will memorialize Cynthia’s life at a private graveside service at the Calvary Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to the ACTS Samaritan Fund, 375 Morris Road, P.O. Box 90, West Point, PA 19486-0090.
