Paul Cymbala

Sunnyside Memorial Gardens

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In lieu of flowers, Remembrances in Paul's name may be made to:

The Salvation Army

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New Hope Community Church 

11731 SE Stevens Rd., Happy Valley, OR 97086

newhopepdx.org

ATTN: Life Recovery Program

Brooklyn Tabernacle Missionary Fund

brooklyntabernacle.org.

Paul Cymbala was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 25, 1961. His mother, Nancy, said he came into the world very quietly - "with just a little cry". His brothers David and Daniel followed him soon, each about 18 months later - with a fourth brother, Greg, born when Paul was eleven. 

He attended nursery school in Brooklyn, then elementary school in Needham, Massachusetts and New Canaan, Connecticut, where he graduated from high school. His interests included mathematics, astronomy, art, music and an economics club. Like other teenagers then, he learned to play the guitar and drums. 

His interest in math and business flourished in New Canaan High School's Adam Smith Club, where he and other students competed in managing stock portfolios and economic theory games. 

Vacations with his family were often on New Hampshire's Presidential Range hiking trails, Maine's coast, and New England ski trails. His dad remembers Paul being the leader breaking cross-country ski trails for the family on snow-covered Vermont hillsides. After a family vacation across Europe and Britain, Paul converted sketches into paintings and ink sketches he gave to his parents for their home. At home, Paul, his brothers and dad frequently played as doubles on YMCA racquetball courts in New Canaan, Connecticut. His parents found him a gentle and enjoyable son. 

After high school Paul lived for ten months in a small village in central West Germany with the Weber family where he became fluent in German and enjoyed school and family life with four host brothers and sisters and their parents. The bi-weekly letters Paul mailed home were line after line of details about his life in Germany, each filling several pages of airmail paper with tiny letters. His memories of that time were precious to him. 

Paul returned from Germany to attend Kenyon College in Ohio, where he majored in biology. During those summers he worked as a researcher at Revlon Pharmaceutical in New York. 

After graduating from Kenyon College, Paul's math skills and interests in economics theory led him to join The Options Group in its London office, where for two years he worked supporting financial company clients using the Group's options valuation software. He long remembered a week long vacation in the UK, bicycling alone through fierce head winds and rain in Scotland. From London Paul went to represent The Options Group for a year in Tokyo, teaching a partner company's people in options valuation software and appreciating Japanese culture and people. After The Options Group was sold by its owner, Paul lived for several years in New York City and then was persuaded by his parents to move west and live with them in Portland. 

In Oregon Paul lived for seven years with his parents, who were happy to see him attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Paul's parents also enjoyed going with him to New Hope Community Church services. His favorite seat was in the balcony where he could best see and hear the musicians. Christian music and leaders especially touched Paul's heart. A favorite song of his was the Edwin Hawkins Singers recording of, "Oh Happy Day, When Jesus Washed My Sins Away" - today's postlude music. Once when visiting a church in Beaverton, Oregon, his mom noticed tears on Paul's checks as Pastor Ron Mehl spoke. 

At his parent's home Paul's love of gardening grew into an interest he pursued for the rest of his life. He enjoyed playing the piano, picking out by ear the melodies and harmonies of favorite music by Bach - some of which you'll hear in today's video tribute. He and his parents cherished their many times together on Oregon's hiking and cross-country ski trails. This August they traveled to Oregon's coast for hiking on Cape Lookout's trails and wind-blown beach walks- unknowingly making their last hikes together as a close threesome. 

Paul loved his brothers and family was a high value for him. In elementary school he wrote, "My family is very important to me." He once rode his bicycle some 20 plus miles one-way to his Anderson grandparents' home in Montgomery, NY to paint their home's exterior. At his death his wallet held notes with family members' names and birthdays. A sister-in-law noted that Paul always came to family weddings and reunions. 

In recent years Paul was very close to Bob's mother, Estelle Cymbala, sometimes calling her for hour-long telephone chats they both enjoyed - especially calling her in September on Grandparents Day. He admired her much, once musing in his parents' kitchen, "Grandma Estelle - she's somehow smart." She is now grieving for her first and oldest grand child. 

Seven years ago Paul gained an excellent job in the State of Oregon's Drinking Water Program, where he found extremely fulfilling data base management work and close friends who became a second family to him. 

Paul then rented an apartment a 10 minute bike ride from his new workplace. Returning from one multi-week absence, he found his office friends welcoming him back with a big banner and a pile of greeting cards. His mom has said, "They did all that because they really liked and loved him." His parents cannot say enough to recognize the friendships and support he found in colleagues there over seven fulfilling years. Nancy and Bob feel several close office friends of his must have been God-inspired in their persistence and care for Paul. 

Paul is survived by his parents Nancy R. and Robert J, Cymbala of Portland,Oregon and by his brothers David of Boxford, MA, Daniel of Westfield, N.J and Gregory of Parker, CO, two nieces, two nephews, and his paternal grandmother Estelle Cymbala of Brooklyn, New York. Other survivors include his aunt, Pat Yerger of Clinton Corners, New York, his uncle, Reverend Jim Cymbala of Brooklyn, New York, two female first cousins, five male first cousins, and numerous second and third cousins. 

Memorial Services will be held for him in Happy Valley, Oregon on January 11, 2014 at 2PM at Chapel of the Chimes, 11667 SE Stevens Rd., Happy Valley,OR 97086 and on January 25, 2014 at 3PM at Brooklyn Tabernacle, 17 Smith Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 in the Hospitality Suite. 

His body will be interred in the Brick Church Cemetery in Montgomery, New York next to his maternal grandparents, George and Tory Anderson. 

Paul passed away this past December 23 and is mourned by his parents, brothers, extended family and friends. They join us today in thanking God for sharing Paul with them and giving Paul the love and joys he did experience.

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