Cynthia Freeman-Young was born on April 14th, 1952 to Allen Freeman and Olivet Cohen in New York City, New York. She was the youngest of 7 children. She attended school in the New York City Public School system. She graduated from George Washington High School.

She married in 1972, and from that union they produced a daughter, Erika.

Cynthia worked at Teacher’s College at Interchurch. For a short period, she worked at Castle Oil Corporation and then she later joined the Department of Health in 1985, which later became New York City Health & Hospital Corporation, from which she retired in 2017. Since her retirement, she had spent much of her days enjoying life with her family/friends, shopping and at the casino.

Cynthia departed this life very unexpectedly on February 27th 2021. Leaving to celebrate her life, she is survived by: her daughter, Erika Young; her grand-daughters, Janel Young & Jiyanna Cruz; her siblings Allen Freeman and Emanuel Freeman; her sister-in-laws, Lorraine Freeman and Sam Shotter; her nephews, Glenn Redd, Craig Redd, Wayne Allen, Eric Rankin; her nieces, Alisha Freeman, Sharena Rankin, Tiffany Freeman-Moore, Lynitta Freeman, Yvonne Freeman & Ocean Freeman; her great-nieces, Tanyell Cooke, Crystal Rankin, Lexi Allen, Raina Redd, Corlette Crawford; great-nephews, Eric Rankin Jr., Joe Rankin, Norris Robinson, Tyrese Moore, Justice Redd; and her best friend/casino partner, Carol A. Neal-Boone. Along with a host of extended family & friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen & Olivet Freeman; sisters, Olivia Redd , Sylvia (Allen) Pitts and Harriet Freeman; her brother, Herbert Freeman.

I Thought of You Today
We thought of you today,
But that is nothing new.
We thought of you yesterday
And the days before that too.
We think of you in silence,
We often speak your name.
All we have are memories and
Your pictures in a frame.
Your memory is a keepsake
From which we’ll never part.
God has you in His arms,
We have you in our heart.

~Unknown