{"id":7134,"date":"2025-04-15T11:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:03:45","slug":"cynthia-kay-sidwell-69-of-newton-formerly-of-olney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/7134-cynthia-kay-sidwell-69-of-newton-formerly-of-olney\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia Kay Sidwell (69) of Newton, formerly of Olney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Cynthia Kay Sidwell, age 69, of Newton, Illinois, and formerly of Olney, Illinois, passed away at 7:15 PM &#8211; Sunday, April 13, 2025, at her home.<\/p>\n<p>Private family services will be held. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Olney, Illinois. In loving memory of Cynthia, memorials may be made to the Meyer Funeral Home, 945 South West Street, Olney, Illinois 62450. The obituary can be viewed, and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia was born on June 2, 1955, in Olney, Illinois, the daughter of Henry Dewayne and Mabel K. (Varner) Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia is survived by: Children \u2013 Kevin Wyatt of Michigan; Denise Roddy of Newton, Illinois; and Buren \u201cScott\u201d Sidwell of Catlin, Illinois; Siblings \u2013 Stewart Griffin of Calhoun, Illinois; Charles Griffin of Evansville, Indiana; Jean Guevara of Silver Springs, Missouri; Steven Griffin of Booneville, Missouri; Terry Workman of Clay City, Illinois; Tonya Workman of Parkersburg, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia was preceded in death by her father Henry Griffin, mother Mabel Workman, son Jeremy Sidwell, grandmother, Irene Followell, siblings Tammy Workman and Henry Dean Griffin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia died the evening of Sunday, April 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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