Born in Maryville, Mo., she spent most all of her life in Northwest Missouri.

Cindy attended the Craig Missouri High School then got her LPN license after studying at Indian Hills Community College, and later received her BSN in 1998 from Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. She had worked as an RN for Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph. She was of the Pentecostal faith.

Cindy was preceded in death by her father, Don Allen in 2004; a nephew, Tanner Bleazard in 1991; and by a good friend, Justin Townsend, in 2009.

Left to mourn her passing are her children: son, Tyler L. (Hollie) Jordan, Maryville, Mo.; two daughters, Jessica D. (Ryan) Horn, and Michaela J. Jordan, both of Kansas City, Mo.; her mother, Wilma Allen, Pickering, Mo.; her sister, Donita (Stan) Sunderland, St. Joseph; and two brothers: Terry (Kim) Allen, Bethany, Mo.; and David (Karree) Allen, Craig, Mo. She is also survived by two grandchildren, Trystan Levi Jordan and Chloie Ann Jordan, both of Maryville, Mo.; her mother-in-law, Sally Tennihill, also of Maryville, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.