Cynthia Ann Corpron, M.D. of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Ann Arbor, Albany, New York, and Houston, Texas, age 64, returned to the Lord peacefully, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Glazier Commons at the Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born February 14, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the daughter of Richard Earl and Beverly Jane (Crabill) Corpron.
Cynthia grew up in Ann Arbor, where she played viola and piano for the Michigan Youth Symphony, and graduated from Pioneer High School in 1980. She went to the University of Michigan for her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees, graduating in 1988. She did her postgraduate training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, in General Surgery, from 1988-1993; and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Pediatric Surgical Oncology from 1993-1997, where she was also a Junior Faculty Associate in the Department of Surgery, Staff Physician at Station 19, and Lecturer for Junior and Senior Medical Students and Pediatric House Staff. She was a Fellow in Surgical Critical Care at the University of Michigan from 1998-1999. Most recently, she was a Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Michigan, since 1997. Although Cynthia was very successful and published many papers, she was not competitive and did not need accolades. She loved kids and did a lot to improve the lives of her patients.
Cynthia is survived by her father, Richard Corpron of Chelsea; sister, Catherine (Mark) Ciolek of Glencoe, Illinois; niece, Caitlin; and nephew, Evan. She was preceded in death by her mother.
Cynthia’s ashes will be interred at the First United Memorial Gardens in Ann Arbor. Memorial contributions may be made to the UMRC Porter Hills Foundation Benevolent Care Fund East. Arrangements were entrusted to Cole Funeral Chapel in Chelsea.
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