Cynthia Myers

Cynthia B. Myers, née Cynthia Booth, age 70, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016, at home surrounded by her family after a three-year battle with cancer. She was born to Clarabel Fisk Booth and Wilfrid I. Booth, Jr. in Rochester, New York, on March 1, 1946. Her childhood saw the family move several times, but she remembered her time in Cameron Mills, New York, especially fondly. For high school, she attended the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Vassar College and a Master's Degree from New York University. She worked briefly both at Elmira College and Mark Twain Travel. In 1977, she married Lewis Crary Myers, Jr. Thereafter, she worked as an employment agent at Affiliated Employment Services of Elmira. She was also a proud and generous foster parent, as well as the unofficial patron saint of teenagers and other rebellious souls. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Crary Myers, Jr., of Elmira; by her son, Lewis Crary Myers III, and his wife Maria Myers, of Elmira; by her daughter, Laura Myers and her wife Kathryn Perryman of Kenmore, New York, as well as their son, Samuel Myers; by her sister, Esther Zorn and her husband Thomas Zorn, of Syracuse, New York, as well as their children; by her brother-in-law, Charles Myers and his wife Mary Myers, of Custer, South Dakota, as well as their children; and by her foster daughters, Katie Spahalski and Mary Jo Stetson, both of Elmira. Friends are invited to McInerny Funeral Home, 502 W. Water Street, Elmira, on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the conclusion of calling hours. In lieu of flowers it is asked that donations be made to Glove House at 220 Franklin Street, Elmira, NY 14904, or via their website.