Susan C. Dufresne

If there was ever a time to revisit my Black River Blues blog, this is it.   This week I will honor my dear friend, known affectionately to me since grade school as "Sue Doof".  

 I owed her a call, as usual. Now I always will...

I'll start by re-posting her Obituary.  I think the legacy.com posted Obituaries disappear after a while.  I don't want that memory of Sue to go away... 

Susan C. Dufresne

Obituary

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Susan C. Dufresne, age 51, of Cape Coral, Florida, passed away at her home on September 12, 2012.

She is the daughter of Robert J. and Barbara H. Dufresne. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three brothers, Robert E., David A. and William R.

She was born in Springfield, Vermont, on April 24, 1961. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1978 (ed note: actually it was 1979). She attended Lyndon State College and graduated with honors from Johnson College in 1995. She attended New England School of Hair Design in Claremont, New Hampshire, and served as an instructor and school representative at various high schools in Vermont and New Hampshire while living in Springfield.

In 1990, Sue joined her parents, who were living in Fort Myers, Florida, and stayed to live in Cape Coral. Sue had several health problems, and living close to her parents was very helpful, but in the end they proved to be more than her system could handle even with the care of several doctors.

Her love for her family was very precious to her, along with her love of Vermont. Susan will always be remembered for her courage and the many sacrifices she had to make in her life.

A memorial service will be held at a later date in Vermont and her cremated remains will be placed in the family lot in the Berlin Corners Cemetery.

Published in Rutland Herald on September 17, 2012 

 

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Actually, Sue graduated with the SHS Class of '79.  My class.

There were many posts and pics on Facebook over the week. Here was mine: 

 

"My sincere condolences to the Dufresne family, I am so very sorry for your loss. Sue , I am sorry. You made me smile with your squeals of laughter and sharing funny stories and you made me cry when we shared our heartbreaking stories, too. I miss you. I hope you are free from pain at last and your psychic-self is seeing more than ever. I'm afraid the next Lilies I send you will not be for your next Easter birthday... I hope your cats will be in good hands. I know you are now. My thoughts are with you and your family."

More to come.  I miss you Sue.