Cheryl Cichocki

The Southeast Section is saddened to report the loss of a former Southeast Section Governor, Cheryl Cichocki. Cheryl passed to New Horizons on August 7, 2014, at Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida, due to kidney failure. She was 69 years of age. Cheryl joined The Ninety-Nines in April 1994. She was Governor of the Southeast Section, 2002-2005, and served as Vice Governor and Secretary of the Southeast Section. She was a member of the Florida Gulfstream Chapter, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She also served multiple times as Chapter Chairman, Secretary, and magazine reporter for her Chapter. Cheryl had two passions in life: flying and having her own airplane. She owned a Cessna aircraft. Among her ratings and certificates were CFI, MEI, AGI, and IGI. Her second great passion was cats. She raised exotic Siamese cats with rare colors. Her cats were her babies and brought her much love and companionship. Cheryl’s main career was as a nurse. She was so proficient in nursing medical procedures that she was sought after by plaintiffs’ lawyers to testify as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases, and she was very successful. The Ninety-Nines were very important to Cheryl. Accordingly, she left the majority of her estate to The Ninety-Nines, Inc. Cheryl was a special member of The Ninety-Nines. Her brilliant smile, friendship, enthusiasm, determination, sense of humor, and leadership will be greatly missed.