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Cynthia Ann David passed away peacefully on Jan. 24. She was born in Torrington to Edward Joseph Hricko and Margaret Schuster Hricko and was raised in Harwinton.

Cynthia graduated from Torrington High School. She went on to attend The College of New Rochelle where she earned her B.A. in classics. Cynthia was then awarded a full academic scholarship to attend Fordham University, where she received her M.A. in classics. Her love of classics continued when she began teaching Latin at The Oxford School in West Hartford, The Day Prospect Hill School of New Haven, and The Hammonasset School in Madison. She continued to teach on the college and private secondary school levels for 14 years.

Following her career in education, Cynthia entered the field of commercial real estate as a salesperson with Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut. There she developed her sales and analytical abilities as well as a capacity to partner with corporations to achieve bottom-line results. Cynthia specialized in investment grade real estate sales. She was named “Most Promising Salesperson” in the tri-state area in 1987 and in 1990 she was named “Top Salesperson” in the Hartford office.

She made her home in Madison, where her love for Neptune Avenue and the Madison community was undeniable. It was here that she raised her two children, Kimberly David Martin and Henri Miles David III. A member of The Madison Beach Club and Madison Racquet Club, she loved playing tennis/paddle tennis with friends and family. Cynthia loved to sail and was a beautiful skier.

In 1994 she moved for 10 years to Laguna Beach, California, where she founded Cynthia David & Associates, a human resources training and consulting company. In 2003, Cynthia moved back to Connecticut to return to her roots and family. She has successfully grown the Connecticut and global market with CD&A and continued to be a major force in California for training and consulting referrals for more than 20 years.

Cynthia is a published author. She was also a member of the Child & Family Auxiliary (Essex, Connecticut Chapter), the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Foreign Relations, Literacy Volunteers-Valley Shore, and the Lyme Art Association. She was particularly proud of the Conservative Women’s Forum (CWF), a local group that she co-founded that grew to more than 500 members across Connecticut. Ultimately CWF became an in-demand platform for some of the region’s most influential leaders. Cynthia was a lynchpin in her neighborhood, communicating and organizing neighborhood events with friends and welcoming new families to Essex.

She is survived and will be dearly missed by her daughter Kimberly David Martin and her husband Daniel Martin and their children Tyler and Maggie of Virginia Beach, Virginia, her son Henri Miles David III and his wife Antena David and their children Ella and Gately of Centennial, Colorado, her sisters Margi Crane and Andrea Hricko, many beloved nieces and nephews, and two granddoggies, Winnie and Enzo.

Services will be held at the end of June.