Loucinda (Cindy) Hoy Sullivan

to an obscure and aggressive type of breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer. She was 61. She was a glorious, enlightened woman.

Cindy was born in McKeesport, Pa., lived briefly in Columbus, OH, and grew up in Marietta, Ga. After relocating to Raleigh, N.C., where she attended North Carolina State University, she married the love of her life, Kenneth (KJ) Sullivan on New Years Eve, in Bend, Oregon, 1986. They remained blissfully married until her death.

Cindy leaves behind a husband, KJ Sullivan, son, Dennis Absher Taylor, Jr. of Longmont, sister Charlene Hoy Miller of Longmont, nephews and nieces, and many other beloved family members.

Always curious and willing to try new things, Cindy enjoyed careers in the medical field at Bowman Gray School of Medicine where she worked as a lab technician, and at N.C. State University as a genetic research assistant. After relocating to Longmont in 1988 she became interested in real estate and worked as a broker until 2009, when she lost her Mother to lung cancer, and closed her business. Cindy finally pursued writing, and published a book, Hope, Inc.

Travel was a passion of Cindy’s and she and her husband relocated to Switzerland in 2000 where they explored as much of Europe as possible during the three years they lived there. Her favorite European country was Italy, where she often said she left a little piece of her heart.

During her battle with cancer Cindy researched the many causes of cancer, including environmental causes, and it changed her political views. She blogged about the many preventable causes of cancer, hoping to educate others before cancer struck their own lives. When she discovered an unfunded prevention for breast cancer at The Cleveland Clinic she told anyone who would listen, and believed until her death that this vaccine will save millions of women from a breast cancer diagnosis each year.

Cindy did not wish to have a service after her death and in lieu of flowers requested donations be made to Dr. Vincent Tuohy of The Cleveland Clinic to help move this preventive breast cancer vaccine forward to clinical trials. Donations are tax deductible, and can be sent to: Dr. Vincent Tuohy, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Mail Code NB30, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195. http://bit.ly/1VrumFF

“Love and compassion are the most important gifts we can cultivate in our lives, and for our world.” Cindy Sullivan