Cynthia Lenore (Eddy) Redhair

Cynthia “Cindy” Lenore (Eddy) Redhair was born on 28 May 1936 in Denver Colorado and passed away in her home in Sun City Lincoln Hills (SCLH) California on Saturday, 17 September 2022 at the age of 86. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Thomas Trezise Eddy on 22 December 1983, and Lenore Virginia Eddy on 31 July 1984, as well as her beloved husband, Richard Wyant Redhair on 11 February 2006, whom she loved dearly and was happily married to for nearly 50 years.

Cynthia is survived by her four children and their spouses, Dana Irvin Redhair and Michele VanBemmel Redhair of SCLH California, Lori Ann Redhair of SCLH California, Craig Wyant Redhair and Stephanie Ryan Redhair of El Dorado Hills California, and Brian Richard Redhair and Ida Castano Redhair of Orangevale California. Cynthia spent as much time as possible with her eleven grandchildren, ranging in age from 37 to 5 years old, Shaun Thomas Martin, Kyle Richard Martin, Joshua Daggett Redhair, Jenelle Rene (Martin) Field, Adrianna Ryan Redhair, Lauren Alexis Redhair, Ryan Thomas Redhair, Jackson Richard Redhair, Junelle Vanessa Castano Redhair, Jazmyn Castano Redhair, and Julianna Castano Redhair, and her four great-grandsons, James Austin Field, 6, Luke Arthur Field, 5, Abel Heart Field, 3, and Rowan Akira Martin, just 6 weeks old at the time of her passing.

Family was incredibly important to Cynthia, where she played the role of grand matriarch with natural grace. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Thomas Kent Eddy and Shera Hess Eddy of Littleton, Colorado, and four inseparable cousins, Clinton Eddy, Glenn Eddy, Marty Bunch, and Phillip Prince, and their very close-knit extended family members. Her niece, Elizabeth “Liz” (Eddy) Garth of Aurora Colorado, was almost like a second daughter, and they spent many hours talking on the phone sharing daily events and family accomplishments together.

Cynthia also remained extremely close to her brother-in-law and his wife, George and Helen Redhair of Greenwood Colorado. She also retained life-long friendships with Virginia Willis Vineyard of Denver Colorado since kindergarten, Dorothy Walker of Denver Colorado since junior high school, and Susi Folks of Waco, Texas since the early 1970s. Cynthia insisted on regularly scheduled family reunions to celebrate her milestone birthdays. Every branch of the family and dozens of long-standing friendships were always well represented, and over 75 people came "dressed to the nines" and ready for fun at her 85th “Classy Affair” held in Estes Park Colorado in June 2021.

Cynthia was an avid "scrapbooker" and even taught others as a Creative Memory consultant on how to preserve precious family memories. Using the proceeds from this part-time, secondary job, she purchased high-end computers, scanners and printers, which were necessary to handle the terabytes of data required to photo-document the many exciting family stories to be told, starting from the early 1800s, up to the modern era. Cindy left an amazing family legacy of fourteen completed albums with even more albums still in work. Putting a price tag on such a labor of love is virtually impossible.

Cynthia’s many talents ranged far and wide. While living in Sun City Lincoln Hills for the past 15 years, she was the program director for nearly ten years for the “Bosom Buddies” group, which provides a caring space for breast cancer survivors in the community. She also shared remembrances of "days gone by" with other compatriots from the ‘20s / ‘30s group, which is full of lively women born in the 1920s and 1930s. Cynthia also attended weekly Sunday services at the Bayside church in Granite Bay and volunteered at their summertime Breakaway camps for kids, as well as the annual garage sale and Citywide service days.

Although Cynthia never graduated from college herself, she and her husband, Richard, worked hard to ensure that all four of their children were well educated with degrees from Harvard University, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, DeVry Institute, and the University of Northern Colorado. Despite the lack of advanced education, Cynthia rose from an entry-level receptionist at the Fullerton Fire Department to become the first female fire inspector in Southern California in 1977. Her jobs were varied throughout her life, including babysitting for as many as six children in addition to her own four, being a specialist in the placement center at San Francisco State University, a permit planner at a family-owned construction company, an administrative assistant to the Vice President of AAA, and finally ending her career as an executive administrator for the aerospace branch of SAIC in Sacramento California. Everyone knew if there was a critical job needing special attention, "just ask Cindy and she’ll know what to do!" Cynthia remained life-long friends with both Fire Chief John Clark, who simply referred to her as "Redhair," and SAIC Senior Director Dave Blottie, who even created and performed a personalized song to commemorate her delightful personality at her 85th birthday celebration.

Cynthia wore a crown with grace and ease at a recent costumed “Hallo-wedding,” and was sometimes referred to as “Your Highness” by family members when she would issue her royal edicts. She officially earned that special title during her senior year of high school, when she was crowned as Honored Queen of Jobs Daughters, Bethel #1 in Denver Colorado in November 1953. She was also active in leadership, as vice president of the Kappa Delta sorority at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, during her freshman and sophomore years. However, she quickly changed schools to Denver University and focused her full attention on getting Richard Redhair to recognize that she was the life-long partner that he was searching for. After a short courtship in 1956, where Cynthia seemed to show up everywhere Richard went, she caught her man and their marriage on 16 June 1957 was indeed a match made in heaven. Cindy often referred to their relationship as two Clydesdale work horses, sharing the load side-by-side. We are certain that the closing smile on her face was evidence that Cynthia was reunited with the love of her life, Dick Redhair.

We know that life is a precious gift from God, and we find peace in knowing that Cynthia's final destination is an embrace in the loving arms of Jesus Christ. Please join us in sending her praise for...

A LIFE WELL LIVED AND A JOB WELL DONE, CYNTHIA REDHAIR!!

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.olingerchapelhill.com for the Redhair family.