Cynthia “Cindy” Lee (Ommert) Trostle, 73, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully on Monday, June 16, 2025, at Brookview Healthcare Center at Menno Haven.
Born May 3,1952, in Adams County, Pennsylvania she was the daughter of the late John Hoke and Vera (Crider) Ommert. Cindy grew up in Westminster, MD and was a 1970 graduate of Westminster Senior High School, where she was class secretary. Upon graduation, Cindy was the secretary to the director of Food Services at the then Western Maryland College in Westminster, MD. After her move to Greencastle, PA, Cindy was a housewife and worked at a gift shop in central square. Cindy started her career in beauty cosmetics in 1975 with Fashion Two Twenty. In 1978, she started as a sales consultant with Vanda Beauty Counselor. She quickly worked her way to Area Manager, working from her office in our home. As her business grew, she had the opportunity to be an understudy for her distributor, before taking over the distributorship in 1989. She was regularly the top sales counselor, area manager, and distributor in the nation. Cindy retired from Vanda in 2015. She was a member of Marion First United Methodist Church where she served on a variety of committees. She cherished being with people, helping others and spending time with her family. Cindy was a friend to everyone that she met and truly a beautiful lady both inside and out.
She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Allan C Trostle; son David and wife Holly of Mercersburg, PA, daughter Cherlyn Christman and husband Scott of Richmond Hill, GA; five grandchildren: Andrew Trostle, Tad Christman, Taliah Christman, Brody Christman and Brielle Christman; brother, John R. Ommert and wife Elaine of Fuquay-Varina, NC and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her in-laws, Sterling and Helen Trostle.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 1 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, 333 Falling Spring Road, Chambersburg, PA 17202. Pastor Brent Stouffer will officiate. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA at 3 PM on Friday. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM at the funeral home on Thursday, June 19, 2025, and on Friday one hour prior to the service in the funeral home.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Marion First United Methodist Church, 94 Colorado Street, Marion, PA 17235 or the Menno Haven Benevolent Care, payable to Menno Haven, Inc., c/o Menno Haven Gift Planning Services, 2011 Scotland Avenue, Chambersburg, PA 17201. Online condolences may be offered on her page at www.geiselfuneralhome.com.
