Cynthia L. Miller Leech, 58, of Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley, California, died Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, California. Funeral Service will be Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at 2:00 P.M. at Broussard’s 700 W. Saratoga Hwy, Kountze, Texas 77625 with burial to follow at Old Hardin Cemetery in Kountze. A gathering of family and friends will be Monday, December 27, 2004 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. also at the mortuary.
Cynthia graduated in 1964 from South Park High School in Beaumont and then in 1966 she graduated from Chenier’s Business School. She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Beaumont and worked at Lamar University Library for 7 years from 1966 - 1973 and Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 19 years from 1974 – 1993. She also worked part-time in her husband’s and her business, Houston’s Electrode Sales, for 25 years before relocating their business to Penn Valley, California in 1993 where Mrs. Leech lived until her death. Cynthia served as a Pink Lady Volunteer at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital for many years and was a volunteer for other worthy causes and was a member of neighborhood Bridge Group.
She is preceded in death by her father: Henry M. Miller and her niece: Chera Kolander Drake.
Cynthia is survived by her beloved husband of 25 years, Raymond P. Leech of Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley, California; mother: Jessie M. Miller, Kountze, Texas; Sister and Brother-in-law, Martha and Brian Lutz of Houston, Texas; Sister and Brother-in-law, Sue and Ray Hebert of Cocoa, Florida; nephews: Jeffery Noble of Houston, Texas and Joshua Kolander of Beaumont, Texas; 3 step-children and spouses, Cindy Shaw of Smartville, California; Craig and Tess Leech of Klamath Falls OR; and Cary and Lynn Leech of Seattle, WA; 5 grandchildren, Hannah and Rebecca Shaw of Smartville, CA; Bryce Leech of Klamath Falls, OR; and Austin and Justin Leech of Seattle, WA and many loving relatives and wonderful friends.
Memorial contributions may be made in Cynthia’s memory to the First United Methodist Church of Kountze, P.O. Box 788, Kountze, Texas 77625
