Jackie Feik, left, and her sister Bonda Powell sit in their sister’s Redmond home. Their sister, Cindy Powell, committed suicide at St. Charles Hospital in Bend.
Jackie Feik, left, and her sister Bonda Powell sit in their sister’s Redmond home. Their sister, Cindy Powell, committed suicide at St. Charles Hospital in Bend.
Oh dear. Jackie, I was Cindy’s boyfriend for a couple of years. We connected because I was a radio reporter and looking for a good story, and saw her connection with Civil Air Patrol. I had been in that when I was a teen and I loved flying, can’t afford it now, but loved flying. So did Cindy. I actually went with her and Jack one day out of Redmond when he rented a plane and we went flying. It scared the hell of me, when I saw how Jack piloted, but Cindy loved it.
Eventually, she pushed me out of her life and went and married that guy in Utah. I will never understand that, and I wish I could have helped her as her borderline personality disorder developed.
I still think Cindy and her cat Charlie were in a good space, but I also think many people were just plain mean to her. I cannot understand how you do that to people. Nothing ends like we want it to…Cindy for Sure.