Celebration of Life for Cyndie Huntsberger

October 15, 2011

On October 5^th I lost my Wife, Spouse, Companion, and partner.

I thank God for all my family; Rob and Larianne and their kids Spencer, McKenzie, and Addison, Kristianne the traveler, and David and Chelsea the newlyweds - they are a real stabilizing rock in my life now.

We had just celebrated our 40^th wedding anniversary with an unsystematic – unplanned trip up the California / Oregon coast. This is the same trip we took 40 years ago for our honeymoon. We visited the same places and did a lot of the same things. The only real difference was this time we were in a very nice motor home, 40 years ago we were in a homemade wooden camper on the back of our 1949 dodge pick-up truck. Both trips were fantastic and memorable. This last trip in August had made it evident that this is the way our life was going to be together, unsystematic – unplanned trips to all the places we had dreamed about. Cyndie loved or little motor home. She was slowly working her way into retirement from her home study teaching and wanted to load up the motor home and just drive off into the sunset. I was right with her in the whole plan, except there was no plan, we were just going to drive off to those far away place with the strange sounding names.

This is the difficult part, my life is now changed. I am not sure what to do. What I do know is God has a plan and I need to discover what that plan is for me. Cyndie is in Heaven and I know everything is perfect and wonderful for her. Our Friday morning men’s bible study of the book “heaven” by Randy Alcorn has made “Heaven” a very real and understandable place. I am so grateful for this study and I recommend this book to everyone.

Cyndie and I have had a lot of good times, great times, and difficult times. But we went through all the times together. There are so many memories, way to many to try and talk about in this short time. I will be able to share my changed life experiences with Cyndie some day when I am with her again in Heaven.

On a current note, the church family here at CLC, the many friends here in Paso Robles, our families from all over are all amazing. The support from all of Cyndie and my friends is overwhelming. Not just the food and other helping hands but just the loving support for me and the immediate family. I have to give a special thanks to Guy Drummond. Guy literally dropped everything, including his lunch on the counter in his house to be with me when I was notified by the Sheriff’s representative. Thank you Guy, you are a true servant to others.

I encourage all of you to follow in Cyndie’s footsteps. She was also a true servant to others. She read her bible every morning, listened to her favorite ministers on the radio, and then did all she could to help others, including me of course. I was probably her greatest challenge. So grow in your faith, read your bible, and join with your church fellowship. This is what Cyndie would want for you, all of you.