ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Cynthia Gail Hamlin went Home to the Lord on August 17, 2022, just days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

Cynthia was born on January 4, 1950, in Norway, Maine, to Patricia Flanders and Walter Hamlin, both of whom predeceased her.

Cynthia grew up and spent most of her life in Waterford, though she had lived the last 17 years in Englewood, Fla. Cynthia attended UMF and graduated with degrees in Early Childhood Education and Psychology. She used her education to start a nursery school/daycare called Gateway to the Shire. After her daughter Dawn joined her in this endeavor it was expanded to include a large summer program called Kids Kamp. Cynthia was very involved in her hometown of Waterford and served as town selectwoman, on the SAD 17 board of directors and as a member of AVCOG. She was also a member of D.A.R. and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Cynthia leaves four children: Dawn Hagar; Dori Meservier; James Hagar; Justin Hagar; and their spouses; her eldest sister Sheryl Hamlin; a brother Wally Hamlin and his wife. Eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and her stepmother. 

She was predeceased by a brother Walter Hamlin Jr., sisters Pamela Ward and Callina McNair.

Services will be held October 1, 2022 at 2 p.m. at the Waterford Congregational Church with a reception to follow at the Wilkins House. Flowers can be delivered to the Wilkins House after 10 a.m.