Gaymarie Tomlinson

Gaymarie Tomlinson, 62, of Winter Springs, Florida, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014, at Lake Mary, Florida, following a brief illness.

She was born Feb. 22, 1952, in Sacramento, California, to Leon Frank and Odella Gay Tschiedel.

Gaymarie was raised in Orlando, Florida, and was trained as a dancer by eminent area dance instructor Edith Royal, and she later became a renowned dance instructor herself. She opened her first dance studio, Royale Ballet, in Cape Girardeau in 1984. She returned to the Orlando area in the mid-1990s to open Studio 5D in Winter Springs.

Survivors include a daughter, Lisa Wardlaw (Jay) of Atlanta; a son, Phil Tomlinson (Julie) of Cape Coral, Florida; a brother, Raymond Tschiedel of Winter Park, Florida; and five grandchildren, Patsy Wardlaw, Benjamin Tomlinson, Nathan Wardlaw, Holly Tomlinson and Katelin Tomlinson.

The funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Baldwin-Fairchild Goldenrod Funeral Home, 7520 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, FL 32792. A reception will follow immediately after.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Gaymarie Tomlinson Memorial Dance Fund at gofundme.com/Gaymarie-Memorial-Fund.