Cynthia Elaine Richard, 85, passed away on June 30, 2016 at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. She was born on October 8, 1930 in Torrington, CT at 113 Richard Road where she lived for the past 48 years as well. She was the daughter of the late Raymond Richard and Lillian Mougenot Richard. Cynthia graduated from Torrington High School class of 1948 as well as MT. Auburn school of Nursing and Columbia University in New York City. She was a registered nurse with BS and BA degrees and worked predominantly in "Public Health".

She started her career at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington and then left for Minneapolis, Minnesota where she worked as an RN then moved back to New York City for schooling at Columbia Presbyterian University. She then relocated to Washington, DC where she worked as a visiting nurse. Cynthia then moved back to Torrington to take care of her mother, after the death of her father in 1968. She then spent her final working years working for both the Morris and Brooker Memorial visiting nurses.

Cynthia is survived by three brothers; David, Douglas, Wayne and Jesse and two sisters; Winona Chambers of Mechanicsburg, PA and Gwendolyn Cree of Pearl River, NY as well as several nieces and nephews.

Services will be private.

CYNTHIA

THE LIFETIME OF CYNTHIA - WON'T END WITH THE DAWN,
WHICH WAS A LIFETIME OF SORROW - JUST A PLACE - TO CARRY ON;
IN THE "SEE-SAW" OF LIFE - ONLY A VICTIM OF STRIFE.
SHE WAS NEVER A MOTHER - SHE WAS NEVER A WIFE

THURSDAY HAS DAWNED -- HER "DAY OF DEMISE"
WHEN "OH GOD - I'M SO SICK" - WILL BE CLEANSED FROM HER EYES;
NO MORE BLACK OLIVES - NO BURGERS - NO FRIES ,
WILL CAUSE HER TO VOMIT - IN HER HOME - IN THE SKIES.

IT IS US - HERE - THE LIVING - WITH TEARS IN OUR EYES,
THAT WILL USHER HER OFF - TO HER JOYFUL SURPRISE;
WHERE THERE WILL BE - NO MORE MOURNING - NO ANXIETY - NO TEARS,
JUST A JOYFUL REMEMBRANCE - OF HER LIFE - THROUGH THE YEARS.

THOSE OF US - WHO REMAIN - WITH OUR HOPES - AND OUR FEARS,
WONDERING: "JUST HOW LONG? - WILL IT BE DAYS? WILL IT BE YEARS?

THROUGH THE "VALLEY OF DEATH" - MAY GOD ALLAY - ALL HER FEARS,
AND ONLY TRUST JESUS - AS SHE DID - THROUGH THE YEARS.

-DR