Ms. Cinda Jo Morgan

Cinda was born on March 3, 1944, in Huron, South Dakota to Joe and Millie Buechler. She grew up as a farm girl living in the small town of Seneca, South Dakota where she and her sister helped the family with farm life such as milking the cows. She attended a one-room schoolhouse in the little town. Cinda spoke of times during a South Dakota blizzard when the kids from the town would all hold onto a rope to stay together through a snowstorm to get to the schoolhouse. Cinda was encouraged to play the piano as a child by her mother. She fondly remembered her family taking summer trips to lakes in Minnesota to gather with relatives. As a teen, the family sold their farm and moved to Los Angeles, California where Cinda graduated from Canoga High School in 1962. As a teen, she loved the Beatles and rock n roll music. Cinda loved to dance and was seen dancing on some live television shows filmed in Los Angeles in the 1960s. She was an excellent seamstress who often sewed her own dress and clothes. She was super creative and handy with tools. She was always building something, whether it was refinishing a piece of furniture or building a shelving unit she was always busy. Cinda loved going to Disneyland and no trip would be complete without going on her favorite ride, Pirates of the Caribbean. After high school, Cinda attended beauty school and became a successful hairdresser. In her early twenties, she married Bill Morgan and raised two children in Woodland Hills, California. Cinda was such a skilled seamstress that she even sewed her own wedding dress. She fondly remembered many camping and water skiing trips in those years with the Buechler and Morgan families. She enjoyed many happy years at her house on De Kalb where she had many fond memories of swimming and barbecuing in the beautifully decorated house on the hill with a great view of the San Fernando Valley. She was a very loving mother who enjoyed spending time with her family at home as well as in the condo's at Oxnard beach and in Palm Desert. She loved to travel and would purchase special ornaments for the Christmas tree on her trips to Europe. She also loved Hawaii traveling there often and even lived there for several months in her early twenties. She met Don Ho and was able to dance on stage with him while in Hawaii. Cinda was an excellent cook and party hostess. She made hosting Christmas look easy while always making it very special as well as hosted other holidays, birthdays, and showers for her friends and family. Cinda was famous for her homemade french fries with mayo and ketchup dipping sauce and her homemade Swedish Rye bread. Those are still legendary food groups in the Morgan Family (and yes they are their own food groups) On Sundays she would enjoy her fries or sunflower seeds and watch Tennis on the television. Cinda was a healthy person and raised her kids on healthy foods, Carob and Keifer Products, and organic fruits and vegetables. Her children had to sneak in sugary snacks in through a second-story window with a rope and basket. Cinda had her healthy side but she had a big sweet tooth and couldn't resist a good Burger and Fries. She was often cited as first in line when the In N Out Burger opened in the morning in Woodland Hills. She also loved Bob's Big Boy hamburgers and fries as well as mixed Thousand Island Dressing and Blue Cheese for her salad. Cinda always loved Cupid Hot Dogs in the San Fernando Valley. She and Bill would pick up chili dogs plus fries from next door and then have a family picnic on the lawn at Pierce College, they called it the "Quiet Park" and Bill and Cinda would nap on the lawn while the kids played. She even had Cupids Hot Dogs sent up top her when she lived in Northern California, a dedicated Cupid's Customer. She was very dedicated to her children involving herself in the kid's school parties, room Mom, soccer, gymnastics, Brownies, Cub Scouts, and more. She loved the beach and would pack up the kids, a few friends, and head to the beach with the top down and surfboards hanging out the back of that little red Mercedes. Cinda loved going to Dodger games in Los Angeles with friends and family as well as liked watching professional ice skating and absolutely loved Tennis. The Morgan Family spent many weekends at the Warner Center Raquet Club meeting new friends and playing tennis with them. She was well known by family and friends for her great style and decorating trends. Cinda also loved shopping and has been known to have quite a closet full of clothes. Shopping and then going to lunch was always a treat for Cinda. She always loved driving her nice cars especially her convertible red Mercedes and red Camaro. Peach roses were her favorite flower and bought them on special occasions. After her divorce in the 1980s, she attended Pierce Community College and many classes at California State Northridge. In the 1990s, Cinda remarried Larry Voyer and spent part of that decade selling houses and working on her new home in Calabasas. Cinda's daughter was a flight attendant and the two enjoyed traveling together. They went to many places and enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean and Ireland. Later in the late 1990s, she divorced again and In 2000, she moved to San Jose to be closer to her daughter and became a Grandma in 2001. She continued her education taking classes at UC Santa Cruz extension, studying early childhood development, and then she worked at a preschool in San Jose. Within a handful of years, she became a Grandma to seven grandchildren. She helped her daughter in the Bay Area and would sometimes travel back to Woodland Hills to help her son's family. She often made caramel rolls for her grandchildren from her mom's famous recipe. Shopping at Nordstrom Rack plus the mall and then eating the Chinese Chicken Salad with a little dessert at California Pizza Kitchen with her daughter, Jill was treasured. Cinda still loved to sew and would help sew hems, make baby blankets, pillows, and make curtains for herself and family. She will be remembered for caring for her all her grandchildren and the special ornaments as well as Christmas nutcrackers she gave them during the holiday. Cinda loved being around her family and grandchildren. She loved living in Northern California it felt like home to her. Once she settled in Danville, CA in 2006, she became dedicated to community service and helping others. Over and over, her friends say how much Cinda gave of herself to help other women in need. She was tough, a fighter, with a free spirit and always had a good attitude no matter how bad things may have been at moments in her life. She found a way to fight her way out of it and was able to find peace and help others with her experiences. Cinda will be remembered by friends and family as a person who was kind, giving, funny, and smart. She cared deeply for those in her life. She had a loving spirit and had a heart of gold. The Angels came down and took her to heaven on April 11, 2020. All of those that knew and loved Cinda have been blessed by her presence and thankful for all the days they were able to spend with her. Her loving spirit will be with us forever.