Cynthia Eldridge, 77, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Holy Spirit Retirement Home after a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 2, 2019 with visitation 1 hour prior at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Cynthia was born on April 11, 1942, to Charles & Sylvia Milligan. She graduated from Central High School. In 1961. She graduated from Morningside College with her Bachelor of Art in 1967.
Her passion for reading & working with children inspired her to work as a teacher’s aide for many years in the Sioux City School District and parochial school.
She married Ray Mincer in 1968. They later divorced. She later met & married Roger Eldridge on September 20, 1980.
Those left to honor her memory include her husband: Roger; her children: Renee (Chris) Hoefer, Chad (Angela) Mincer; grandchildren: Brandon, Taylor, Madison, Sydney & Samara and great grandchild: Liam.
The family would like to thank the Holy Spirit Retirement Home staff & Hospice of Siouxland for their loving care & support.
She was preceded in death by her brother Sam and her parents.