Susan Marie Pope

Susan Marie Pope
of VestalSusan Marie (McPhee) Pope, 49, of Vestal, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, March 12, 2005. Susan was born in Whitehall, N.Y. on July 15, 1955, the daughter of Robert and Catherine McPhee. She graduated from Whitehall Central School in 1973 and State University of New York at Potsdam in 1977. Susan was married to Alan J. Pope in 1980. Susan took great pride in her work. She was employed for a number of years at LINK in Binghamton, N.Y. and more recently at Lockheed Martin in Owego, N.Y. as a Program Manager. Besides her parents, Susan is survived by her son, Christopher James Pope; and two daughters, Megan Marie Pope and Maressa Kate Pope, all of Vestal; She is also survived by one brother, Michael and Janice McPhee, Ballston Spa, N.Y.; five sisters, Patricia and Lawrence Young, Russell, N.Y., Nancy and Charles Henn, Crown City, Ohio, Cynthia and Leo Rigby, Queensbury, N.Y., Judith and Barlow Rozell, Ft. Edward, N.Y., Ellen and Robert Touchette, Whitehall, N.Y.; several nieces and nephews, and also her dear friends, Alan and Rose Pope. Family was very important to Susan. She enjoyed spending time with her children, especially summer vacationing in Cape May, N.J. She enjoyed spending time with her parents, siblings and their families, especially the annual Christmas shopping weekend. Another one of her joys was her little red daschund, Roxie.
A Funeral Mass will be offered at St. James Church, corner of Main Street and Lester Avenue, Johnson City, Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. The family will receive friends at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, Inc., 141 Main Street, Binghamton, on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. The family requests that flowers please be omitted and expressions of sympathy in memory of Susan be made to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, P.O. Box 27106, New York, N.Y. 10087-7106, or St. James Church Memorial Fund, 147 Main St., Johnson City, N.Y. 13790.