Cynthia Sue Lightfoot, 56, died Friday at Mercy Medical Center.   Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 29 ^th at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids with Rev. Bill Harnish and Father Phil Thompson presiding.  A private family inurnment will be held in Czech National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Brosh Chapel and for an hour prior to services Tuesday at the chapel.

Survivors include her husband Bill; children Bethany (Dan) Daly of Waterloo and Jeff (Stephanie) of Springfield, IL; Cynthia's parents Richard and Margaret (Klepach) Feiereisen; siblings Diana Feiereisen of Cedar Rapids and Carl Feieriesen of Butler, Pennsylvania; sister-in-law Sally Thurmond of Carrolton, Texas; two granddaughters, Claire Daly and Elyse Lightfoot; and special friends Kay Slouha, Linda Falconer, Nancy Haugse, Jane Vogt, Susan Willig, Pat Bunch, Maggie Thomas all of Cedar Rapids, Cathy Schultz of Chesterfield, MO, Melinda Pollack of Rocky Mount, North Carolina and too many others to mention.

Cindy was preceded in death by her brother Richard; grandparents John and Marie Feiereisen; aunt and uncle Dorothy and Milo Kubasa; uncle John Feiereisen; aunt and uncle Tom and Bernice Stastny.

Cindy was born Sept. 14, 1949 in Cedar Rapids and graduated from Washington High School in 1967. After attending Kirkwood Community College, Cynthia worked as a pediatric nurse at Mercy Hospital.  She married John William Lightfoot on April 11 ^th , 1970, and stayed home to raise her two children Bethany and Jeff. She then became a friendly and familiar face to many while working at Kirkwood Community College's Information Booth and later in the Health Sciences Department. Over the past four years, Cindy became involved in raising money for the American Cancer Society by sponsoring Cindy's Crusaders as part of the Linn County Relay for Life. She retired from Kirkwood in May, 2005. Following retirement, Cindy spent much of her time being a loving, affectionate, and devoted Babi to her two granddaughters.

Cindy will always be remembered for being a compassionate and devoted friend. Whether you were a friend in need or a nursing student in the middle of a stressful week, Cindy was always there to help you through it all. She always provided those in need with the perfect mixture of caring, empathy and respect that placed her near and dear to the hearts of many throughout the years. Most importantly, Cindy proved to be as wonderful a mother as her children could have asked for and a wonderful example to follow for her two granddaughters.

Memorials can be made in Cindy's name to the American Cancer Society or to the Mercy Medical Center Foundation for the new Oldorf Hospice House being built in Cedar Rapids.