Thursday, April 13, 2023
I had the pleasure of meeting Susan during my morning dog walks at Shubie. Over the past three years, I got to know Susan and her beloved dog Ches, and was lucky enough to become Sue’s friend. Sue and I particularly connected over our shared love of dogs and food, and our commitment to walking our pups rain or shine. I was struck by Susan’s passion for cooking meals for her and her husband Bob. She was always looking for new things to try, we would often share notes on new recipes and restaurant recommendations. She spoke often of Bob, her brother David, her niece and nephews, and her cousin Kim. Her care and love for her family was always apparent in the stories and anecdotes she would relay.
I would often join Sue walking with Ann and her chosen sister Cindy—we just found out that people refer to us as ‘the ladies who walk their dogs’. On our daily journeys, we would meet and chat with other park friends who frequent Shubie in the mornings—Heather, Judy, Sheila, Joan, Betty, Steve, Cheryl, Joe, Walter, Newman, and Andy. We all enjoyed Sue’s wickedly funny sense of humor, her beautiful laugh echoed through the park. We called her the ‘owl whisperer’, last fall, she spotted the Shubie barred owl starting out at us hidden amongst the trees more times than I could count; so many people got the opportunity to see that owl because of Sue’s uncanny ability to spot him. To say our Shubie mornings are not the same without Sue is an understatement—we will carry on our daily walks and chats with our park friends in her memory.
My deepest condolences to Bob, Cindy, David, Debbie, Sarah, Justin, and Conner.
