Cynthia Ann Hilton, a resident of Willow Springs, passed away Monday, November 2, 2020 while at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. She was born October 30, 1961 to Richard Leo and Judy Ann (Hawkins) Crane in LaJunta, CO. She was 59 years of age.
Cynthia grew up and attended the schools in the LaJunta-Swink area of Colorado, graduating with the Class of 1980 from Swink High School. She was employed at the Bass Pro Shops National Headquarters in Springfield, MO where she met her future husband. She married Mikel Edward Hilton on April 5, 20ll in West Plains. When her children were young, she genuinely enjoyed their company and had fun playing checkers, making pallets on the floor, and staying up late to watch movies with them. She was an avid reader and she loved to draw. She also liked to bake cookies, travel, and go fishing. She and Mikel often went to yard sales and auctions before her health started to fail. She will be dearly missed by her family, her friends, and all who knew her.
Cynthia is survived by her husband, Mikel of Willow Springs; her daughters: Abbie Rose and her husband, Ryan; Ashley Baumgardner and her husband, James, and her son, Eli Rose, all of Prairie Grove, AR; her brother, Richard Crane of Centerton, AR; her sister, Sandy Schleich and her husband, Robert of Greeley, CO; grandchildren: Tanner Rose, Stevie Rose, Preston Baumgardner, Jed Baumgardner, and Fischer Baumgardner.
No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of Willow Funeral Home, LLC. Online condolences may be left at www.willowspringsfuneralhome.com
