12/12: Former GA Moderator Cindy Bolbach dies

Written By Seattle Presbytery

Cynthia Bolbach after her election as Moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010) —Danny Bolin

Cynthia (Cindy) Bolbach, Moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010), died peacefully on December 12, 2012, after fighting a brave, nearly yearlong battle with cancer.

A ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Bolbach was elected Moderator on the fourth ballot as the only ruling elder in a field of six candidates. In a July 4, 2010, news release, Jerry Van Marter of the Presbyterian News Service (PNS) said that Bolbach’s brief answers and her “winsome sense of humor” won over the General Assembly commissioners.

Read more here: http://www.pcusa.org/news/2012/12/12/former-ga-moderator-cindy-bolbach-dies/

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