Rev. Cynthia Lee, 74, of Meridian, passed away unexpectedly on June 29, 2021. Funeral services will be 11 A.M., Friday, July 9, 2021, at the Cranfills Gap United Methodist Church. Rev. Kevin Anderson, Rev. Brian Brice and Rev. Sheridan Priddy will officiate. Burial will be in the Rock Church Cemetery near Cranfills Gap. Visitation will be from 5 P.M. until 7 P.M., Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian.
Cynthia was born on August 15, 1946, in Eldora, Iowa, to the late Francis and Alma Hodnefield. She graduated from Northern Iowa University and taught elementary school in Galesburg, Illinois, where she met Myron Lee. The couple were married on May 23, 1970, at the Lutheran Church in Radcliffe, Iowa. Cynthia began her ministerial career in 1983 at a small church near Galesburg.
The family, now with two sons, moved to Cleburne, Texas in 1985. Cynthia graduated from (Methodist) Brite Divinity School at TCU with her Masters of Divinity, in 1989 and was an associate pastor in Cleburne and later in Ft. Worth. Her first appointment was Abbott in 1991. She served in numerous area churches before arriving in Meridian. She retired to the ranch in 2011 and they began raising sheep.
Cynthia was an avid seamstress and has made many "pretzel pillows" and lap throws which she donated to nursing homes in the area.
She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother ("Nana"), always putting family and others before herself. She was active in the Meridian Lions Club and the Norwegian Society in Bosque County.
Cynthia was preceded in death by her brother, Ragene Hodnefield; and son, Eirik Lee.
She is survived by her husband, Myron; son, Brandon Lee and his wife, Paula; grandsons Gavin and Garrett; sister, Kathryn Henderson; and numerous other relatives and beloved friends. B5
Cynthia was born on August 15, 1946, in Eldora, Iowa, to the late Francis and Alma Hodnefield. She graduated from Northern Iowa University and taught elementary school in Galesburg, Illinois, where she met Myron Lee. The couple were married on May 23, 1970, at the Lutheran Church in Radcliffe, Iowa. Cynthia began her ministerial career in 1983 at a small church near Galesburg.
The family, now with two sons, moved to Cleburne, Texas in 1985. Cynthia graduated from (Methodist) Brite Divinity School at TCU with her Masters of Divinity, in 1989 and was an associate pastor in Cleburne and later in Ft. Worth. Her first appointment was Abbott in 1991. She served in numerous area churches before arriving in Meridian. She retired to the ranch in 2011 and they began raising sheep.
Cynthia was an avid seamstress and has made many "pretzel pillows" and lap throws which she donated to nursing homes in the area.
She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother ("Nana"), always putting family and others before herself. She was active in the Meridian Lions Club and the Norwegian Society in Bosque County.
Cynthia was preceded in death by her brother, Ragene Hodnefield; and son, Eirik Lee.
She is survived by her husband, Myron; son, Brandon Lee and his wife, Paula; grandsons Gavin and Garrett; sister, Kathryn Henderson; and numerous other relatives and beloved friends. B5
Rev. Cynthia Lee, 74, of Meridian, passed away unexpectedly on June 29, 2021. Funeral services will be 11 A.M., Friday, July 9, 2021, at the Cranfills Gap United Methodist Church. Rev. Kevin Anderson, Rev. Brian Brice and Rev. Sheridan Priddy will officiate. Burial will be in the Rock Church Cemetery near Cranfills Gap. Visitation will be from 5 P.M. until 7 P.M., Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian.
Cynthia was born on August 15, 1946, in Eldora, Iowa, to the late Francis and Alma Hodnefield. She graduated from Northern Iowa University and taught elementary school in Galesburg, Illinois, where she met Myron Lee. The couple were married on May 23, 1970, at the Lutheran Church in Radcliffe, Iowa. Cynthia began her ministerial career in 1983 at a small church near Galesburg.
The family, now with two sons, moved to Cleburne, Texas in 1985. Cynthia graduated from (Methodist) Brite Divinity School at TCU with her Masters of Divinity, in 1989 and was an associate pastor in Cleburne and later in Ft. Worth. Her first appointment was Abbott in 1991. She served in numerous area churches before arriving in Meridian. She retired to the ranch in 2011 and they began raising sheep.
Cynthia was an avid seamstress and has made many "pretzel pillows" and lap throws which she donated to nursing homes in the area.
She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother ("Nana"), always putting family and others before herself. She was active in the Meridian Lions Club and the Norwegian Society in Bosque County.
Cynthia was preceded in death by her brother, Ragene Hodnefield; and son, Eirik Lee.
She is survived by her husband, Myron; son, Brandon Lee and his wife, Paula; grandsons Gavin and Garrett; sister, Kathryn Henderson; and numerous other relatives and beloved friends. B5
Cynthia was born on August 15, 1946, in Eldora, Iowa, to the late Francis and Alma Hodnefield. She graduated from Northern Iowa University and taught elementary school in Galesburg, Illinois, where she met Myron Lee. The couple were married on May 23, 1970, at the Lutheran Church in Radcliffe, Iowa. Cynthia began her ministerial career in 1983 at a small church near Galesburg.
The family, now with two sons, moved to Cleburne, Texas in 1985. Cynthia graduated from (Methodist) Brite Divinity School at TCU with her Masters of Divinity, in 1989 and was an associate pastor in Cleburne and later in Ft. Worth. Her first appointment was Abbott in 1991. She served in numerous area churches before arriving in Meridian. She retired to the ranch in 2011 and they began raising sheep.
Cynthia was an avid seamstress and has made many "pretzel pillows" and lap throws which she donated to nursing homes in the area.
She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother ("Nana"), always putting family and others before herself. She was active in the Meridian Lions Club and the Norwegian Society in Bosque County.
Cynthia was preceded in death by her brother, Ragene Hodnefield; and son, Eirik Lee.
She is survived by her husband, Myron; son, Brandon Lee and his wife, Paula; grandsons Gavin and Garrett; sister, Kathryn Henderson; and numerous other relatives and beloved friends. B5
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