Cynthia Ann Stanton

August 24, 1957 - September 3, 2020

In the early morning of Thursday September 3rd, Cynthia Ann Ledebur-Stanton age 63, passed away in Pomona, CA. Cindee is survived by her two children Jamie and Shane Stanton and her six grandchildren. She is also loved and remembered by her two sisters Christy Ledebur, Tammi Bumgarner, her brother Tim Ledebur and father Gail Ledebur. Cindee fully leaned into life. If asked to travel, play a sport, play a game or simply spend quality time with friends and/or family Cindee was all in……and if there was a competition at hand, she came to win, and do so with a smile. Cindee’s love of life and fun was infectious! She loved to laugh…..and to win. Growing up in various areas including Upstate, NY and Reston, VA with Gail and her mother Fran, Cindee was active in various sports and activities, with swimming being her strongest. What her favorite moments were though, where when she could break away and play her father Gail in hotly contested tennis matches where Gail described it as, “I never eased up on her, and she would win more than her fair share.” After marrying Thomas Stanton on January, 18th 1975, and giving birth to Shane and Jamie, Cindee brought the same passion for life to the role of parent. Despite working full time in the medical field in a house where Tom also worked, Cindee NEVER missed a softball game, dance recital, soccer match, track meet or any other event her children participated in. She loved to be present for her children. While doing so, instilling a foundation of hard work, love of competition, love of family and what it means to be a leader in her children. What most will remember Cindee for though, is how she always put the needs of others ahead of her own. She sacrificed, so everyone around her could benefit. With two highly active children who had practices, games, recitals, school 7 days a week and her bearing the burden of transiting them to each-and-every event herself, she sacrificed her personal life so her kids could have an opportunity to succeed. Ask any coworker of Cindee’s, including her Carefusion/BD family whom she spent near 20 years with, and they will tell you, Cindee would step up and own any project or initiative regardless of the extra amount of hours of work it meant to her, if it meant helping the team. All throughout Cindee’s life, she opened her household to those who could use her love and support. Ranging from family, friends, exchange students and even pets in need. Cindee lived to take care of others. While Cindee left the world way too soon, she approached her last couple of years with the same passion to win as she had earlier in her life. She was faced with a choice of performing a series highly risky and untested surgical procedures to extend her life, or allow her cancer to run it’s course. Cindee chose to fight. To compete. The staff of Kaiser and other institutions did amazing work, and Cindee’s family will forever be grateful for their efforts. While ultimately Cindee never fully recovered from the procedures, she passed away on her own terms….fighting to win. Cindee will forever be missed. She made the world and people in her life better and happier. Her fighting and giving spirit lives in her children, grandchildren, sisters, brother, father and many friends. We love you Cindee. You will be missed.