Cindy Kay Garrett, age 60, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott.

  She was born October 26, 1957, in Quincy, Michigan, the daughter of Robert Keith Garrett, Sr. and Martha Sue Ratterree Garrett.

She attended Fort Scott schools and later managed several area businesses including the produce manager for IGA.

Cindy was a social butterfly and was always the life of the party.  She loved music and knew all the words to countless songs and also knew the bands who performed them. Along with her love for music, Cindy was also a talented dancer.  Cindy also had a love of nature and enjoyed fishing and feeding the birds.  Above all, she enjoyed spending quality time with her family especially her grandchildren. 

 

Survivors include her son, Chris Leach, of Gardner, Kansas and her daughter, Nikki Meisenheimer and husband, Grant, of Lawrence, Kansas and two grandchildren, Brycen and Flora.  Also surviving are her brother, Robert Garrett, Jr., of Sugar Creek, Missouri and two sisters, Vicki Sauerwein, of Ft. Scott and Norma Brock, of Independence, Missouri and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.  She was preceded in death by her parents, and Robert K. and Martha Sue Garrett.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday, April 23 at the Cheney Witt Chapel.   Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery.  Memorials are suggested to the Cindy Garrett Memorial Fund and may be left in the care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701.  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.