Cheryl Strayed Mother Bobbi Lambrecht and Family Life

Cheryl Strayed parents are Bobbi Lambrecht and Ronald Nyland. She was born as their second child in Spangler, Pennsylvania, US.

Her parents married at a young age and had a tumultuous marriage. They divorced nearly a decade after their wedding when Strayed was just six. They both remarried.

Mother Bobbi Lambrecht

Bobbi was a keen woman who adored horses and Hank Williams. She was 19 and pregnant during her marriage with Ronald.

The pair had three children -Karen, Cheryl, and Leif.

Lambrecht suffered a series of abuse from her husband and had an off-again-on-again relationship before calling it quits after a decade of marriage.

At 28, she was a single parent of three, taking multiple jobs to sustain her family. However, the loneliness didn't last for long, as she found her soulmate in Glenn Lambrecht.

Bobbi and Glenn Lambrecht married when the author was 12. Strayed left home for college the following year and joined St. Thomas University. 

Her mom also attended the free classes the university offered to their student's parents. Things took a turn when Bobbi was diagnosed with cancer while she and Strayed were seniors.

Despite her diagnosis, Bobbi was determined to pursue a career in costume design or become a professor of history. Sadly, she passed away at age 45 from lung cancer.

Father Ronald Nyland

Strayed's father Ronald was a steelworker based in Pennsylvania, United States. He was an abusive man who troubled his wife, Bobbi, for over a decade. Hence their marriage ended on bad terms.

Not only his wife but Ronals abused both of his daughters mentally and physically.

The family had just moved to Minneapolis, but after the separation, Nyland headed back to Pennsylvania. He was hardly in touch with her kids.

He later remarried and had two kids with his second wife. Strayed connected with her half-siblings after Wild was published. Nyland had five kids but was estranged from all of them.

Ronald passed away on June 22, 2021, due to a heart attack. He was alone in his house and passed on before the help arrived.

The author said his demise didn't feel like a loss to her as she had grieved him years ago.

She is close to her stepfather, Glenn, a hardworking carpenter who loved them like his own. He taught them life lessons and occasionally take them on camping trips.

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