Cynthia Diane

Dressing

Cynthia "Cindy" Dressing, 73, moved onto a place with never ending gardens on September 12, 2026 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Cindy is survived by her husband of nearly 52 years, George Dressing, her daughter Kate Brennan, sisters Sheila Scott and Camille Johnson, brother Jeff Kopp, as well as beloved pets Chloe and Makela. She is preceded in death by parents Emil and Louise Kopp, and brothers Steve and Ron Kopp.

Cindy was born in Oakland, CA but soon after, moved to Florissant, MO and then to Bridgeton. In youth she loved to ride bikes and pick blackberries up the road from her home. She would often tell stories of her and her brother Ron sitting in the backward-facing seats of their mother's Plymoth Fury while their mother made Avon calls to various neighborhood houses. In her teenage years, she participated in track and field, where she was exceptionally talented at jumping hurdles, but her main love was playing the flute and piccolo in marching band at Pattonville High School. She had even been known to get out that flute well into adulthood and play along to Marshall Tucker Band songs. After graduating high school in 1971, Cindy went on to earn two associates degrees at Cum Laude status from East Central College. One degree each in Associates of Arts and in Associates of Applied Science in Horticulture were awarded in May of 1978.

During that time, while working at Permaneer, she met the love of her life, George Dressing. She worked the "paint line" and he was a maintenance mechanic. They saw each other often because, somehow, the paint line always needed maintenance on her shifts. They were married in Union in October of 1974. They rented in New Melle, but bought a house in late 1978. There, they grew a lovely life, complete with the most gorgeous gardens you could imagine. In their early days, they loved to camp and share their love and affection with many dogs and cats and they also welcomed a daughter into that home in 1987. In adulthood, Cindy had many passions and interests such as gardening, becoming a Girl Scout leader to her daughter and her daughter's friends, through their Junior level, and many crafty creations over the years. She was always working on a new creative craft. In recent years, it was hand cut and painted bottle wind chimes as well as hand painted solar light jars - many of which are in various homes bringing joy right now.

As for her career, they say if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. And if that is true - she never did. She designed over 5,000 landscape design plans via her self-owned company "Garden Graphics Landscape Design Service". In early days, she began her career at Hillerman's Nursery during college, providing general guidance on plants and planting materials, as well as helping in the florist department during busy times. Shortly after adopting her daughter, she began her company, which afforded her the freedom to work from home on her own schedule. She sub-contracted with Town and Country Nursery for many, many years before joining forces with Frisella Nursery from 2008-2012. She began by hand drawing incredibly intricate designs before teaching herself to use the computer program ProLandscape. She upheld her certification as a Missouri Certified Nurserymen, which she originally earned in 1983. Even in retirement, you couldn't stop her! She still had an active customer as of this year!

Cindy was very active spirit with a passionate love for life and nature's gifts. May that continue to grow in all those who knew her. Some philosophies she lived by were:  "To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn and "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist see the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill.

Services for Cindy will be Monday, September 28, 2026, at Martin Funeral Home in Marthasville, MO from 4:00PM-6:00PM. Cindy was had a very colorful life and enjoyed bright colors, in honor of Cindy we ask that wearing black isn't necessary since she was a very colorful person. Online condolences may be made at martinfunerals.net.