Betty Sue Eagleson

EAGLESON Betty Sue Lamb Eagleson, age 87, of Bexley, Ohio, passed peacefully on Friday, December 5, 2008 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Survived by daughter, Margaret Sue Eagleson Coberly of Sandpoint, Idaho; son, Freeman Thomas Eagleson, III of Columbus, Ohio. Preceded in death by daughter Jennifer Diane Eagleson, mother Katie Sue Lamb, brother Joe Lamb and son-in-law William B. Coberly, III. At the age of 19, Sue was the winner of the 1940 American Royal Gaited Horse Show in St. Louis, Missouri; the youngest to accomplish this during the era. In Colorado, she served as the Cheley Camp riding director. Sue assisted as a nurse for her father, the late Dr. Howard E. Lamb, founder of the Lamb Memorial Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Sue graduated from the School of Music at the University of Michigan with a degree in classical piano. She studied under maestros Artur Schnabel and Dalies Frantz. In the 1950's she taught Sunday School at the Broad Street Presbyterian Church. Sue, our mother, viewed and lived her golden years in a positive direction: "Remember me with smiles and laughter; for that's the way I will remember you. If you remember me only with tears, please don't remember me at all." Friends may call for remembrance at SCHOEDINGER MIDTOWN CHAPEL, 229 E. State St. from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday, December 12, 2008, where a celebration of Sue's life will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 13, 2008. Reverend Andrew Hoover will preside. The Irish celebration information will be announced at the conclusion of the service. Those who wish may contribute to Special Olympics of Ohio, 3303 Winchester Pike, Columbus, OH 43232 (https://ssl.charityweb.net/special olympics/index.htm). Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.schoedinger.com.