Cynthia Cox Menand died July 29 at the Flagstaff Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on March 16, 1938 to Ethel Graves and Louis Larkin Cox in Cleveland, Ohio. Her family moved to Carmel, California in 1947. She spent many summers at the family vacation home on Emerald Bay and loved the Lake Tahoe area her entire life. She graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in education and married her high-school sweetheart, Jon Eldridge Menand in 1958. Jon worked with the Forest Service and the family lived in Pinecrest and Riverside, California. After a divorce, Cynthia and her five children moved to Bethesda, Maryland where she worked for the National School Public Relations Association as a writer and editor. She moved to Flagstaff in 1979 to manage the Monte Vista Hotel for her good friends, Molly and Ross Carder. Later, she worked as a grant writer for the local Women's Shelter and transcribed reports for a local detective agency. Cynthia joined the Admissions Department at Northern Arizona University in 1989. She enjoyed her work recruiting students and creating publications for NAU. She retired four years ago, but continued to work for NAU on a contract basis until her death. Cynthia enjoyed working at the July 4 horse races for over twenty years. She coordinated the food at the Bowl-a-thon, fundraising event for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. She loved Route 66 and took many family trips to explore old routes. She loved the mountains of Arizona, California and Colorado and was fascinated by the stories of old mining towns and ancient pueblos. She was a committed fan of the Men's Lumberjack Basketball team, seldom missing one of their home games. Cynthia loved to garden, but her main passion was for her family. She spent as much time as possible with her three grandchildren of whom she was very proud. Cynthia was preceeded in death by her parents and sons Jon Eldridge Menand and Robert Louis Menand. She is survived by her daughter Betsy Menand Hanson (Curtis) of Flagstaff and sons Jeff Menand (Liane) of Daton, Oregon and Mike Menand (Gretchen) of Longmont, Colorado, as well as her brother, Graves Cox of Carmel, California and her three grandchildren, Bryce and Connor Hanson and Jackson Menand. A celebration of Cynthia's life is planned for Saturday, August 2, at 2 pm at 11110 Lupine Lane, Flagstaff. Family and friends are invited to share their remembrances of Cynthia. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Cancer Center, Flagstaff Medical Center, 1200 N. Beaver St, Flagstaff.