Deceased: Aug. 30, 2022
Cindy Kathleen Smith of Springfield, Ore. passed away surrounded in love by her husband and two daughters at Sacred Heart Riverbend Hospital on Aug. 30, 2022 after a five-year battle with thyroid problems. She was 69 years old.
Cindy was born in Cheyenne, Wyo. to Clyde and Peggy Miller. Cindy also has a younger brother, Jim Miller. Their family moved to Springfield in the 1960s. As a teenager, Cindy worked at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in the cafeteria with her best friend, Peggy. She was graduated from Springfield High School in 1971.
Cindy married her first husband, Ed Case, in 1973. The two moved to Southern California where Cindy worked for Mercedes-Benz. She gave birth to their first daughter, Tiffany, in 1978. They moved back to Springfield in 1979. In 1982 their second daughter, Kimberly, was born. They divorced in 1989. She met Gary Smith and they married on May 18, 1991. They have been married for 31 years.
Cindy worked as a receptionist at Oregon Imaging Center for 25 years and retired in the Fall of 2014.
From a very young age, Cindy knew and loved our Lord, Jesus Christ. She will be remembered as a kind and loving person who had a sparkle in her eyes, a laugh that was contagious.
In her spare time, she enjoyed shopping, getting her hair and nails done and spending time with her family.
Cindy was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Peggy Miller.
She is survived by her loving husband Gary; two daughters and sons-in-law, Tiffany and Ben Harold and Kimberly and Mike Robinson; stepson, Brian Smith; five grandchildren, Delaney Smith, Jacob and Olivia Harold and McKenzie and Ashland Robinson; brother James Miller and sister-in-law Connie Bettesworth.
Cindy will be remembered as the loving and doting wife, mother, sister, grandma and friend that she was.
There will not be a public service. Cindy wanted a small family graveside. She is missed terribly.
“To Live is Christ, but to die is Gain” – Philippians 1:21
