Cyndy Honey
Our beloved Cyndy — wife, Mama, sister, and Grammee — unexpectedly left her home garden for the heavenly one on June 5, 2023. She passed away doing what she loved: nurturing life in her yard.
Born Cynthia Renée Reimer to Dorothy and Isaac Reimer on May 9, 1958, in Bellingham, Cyndy grew up on the family farm on H Street Road. She was the second child of five, graduated from Lynden High School in 1976, attended Bellevue Community College, and worked at the Rendezvous Inn in Lynden before marrying Jim Lankhaar in 1979. They moved to Sumas and had three children while Cyndy sold Avon. Later she would open her own boutique, manage a Texaco gas station, and was a waitress extraordinaire at The Lone Jack Saloon. There, she met Larry Honey, who brought two daughters to the family when they married in 1992.
Her magnificent people skills served her well as she worked until retirement as a Sales Manager for Avon Products. Never one to relax for too long, she and Larry then developed Honey Farms in Sumas, where Cyndy was perhaps best known in the community for her role as sales manager, Blueberry Lady, Flower Lady, Pumpkin Lady and CEO.
Cyndy was an incredibly strong, generous, and creative woman who loved meeting new people. She was fiercely dedicated to her family and never hesitated to lend a hand. She most enjoyed her yard, hard work, spending time with family and friends, crafting, and spoiling her 11 grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband, Larry Honey; children Candice Lankhaar, Jesse Lankhaar (Melanie) and Jared Lankhaar; Stephanie Honey Gillespie (Brian) and Natalie Honey (Shawn Digby); her sister Shyla Reimer and brothers Ron (Judy) and Jayson (Tabitha) Reimer, sister-in-law Ruth Reimer, as well as grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Her parents, her brother Randy Reimer and her honorary son-in-law Omar Shokeir greeted her in heaven with roses and hugs.
A memorial service for Cyndy will be held Thursday, June 15 at 2 p.m. at North County Christ the King Church in Lynden.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
