Pub 6 2021 Issue 1

16 • The Los Angeles County Fifth Supervisorial District and Commission for Women named Cheri “Woman of the Year” in 2012. • San Fernando Valley Business Journal named her “Volunteer of the Year” in 2017. • College of the Canyons awarded Cheri and Don with the “Silver Spur” community service award in 2019 for their work on higher education. • The Business Journal’s Women’s Council gave Cheri their Lifetime Achievement Award. In the Business Journal’s Valley 200 issue, the journal named her one of 20 leaders in their list of the 200 most inf luential people in the valley. She and the other 20 leaders were identified as icons of inf luence. Cheri had health challenges during her life. At 28, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. She suffered a stroke and had to relearn how to walk. After suffering a brain aneurism, Cheri died Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, when she was 69. The Fleming family continues to honor her life; they created the Cheri Fleming Legacy Fund at go.soroptimist.org/in-memoriam/cheri-f leming-legacy-fund. Donations support the Soroptimists in their mission to help girls and women around the world. Cheri once said, “I only hope that I was able to impart a fraction of the wisdom and love to others as they bestowed on me.” She was an accomplished business and civic leader. Her legacy is one of wisdom and love to others, as she hoped it would be.  CHERI FLEMING — continued from page 14 “Cheri and I worked together 34 of the 40 years I’ve known her. We had some amazing times that made for a wild and crazy life’s journey.” — Brian Fleming, Cheri’s son  CHERI FLEMING — continued on page 18