Susan McIntosh

McIntosh, Susan Kathryn

Susan Kathryn McIntosh, died Dec. 18, in Sarasota, Fla., at the age of 67. Miss McIntosh, a broadcast journalist and former Miss Fond du Lac 1967, began her career at the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter in 1965, opting to leave university studies to pursue her lifetime interest in news writing. She remained in Fond du Lac until 1972, when she moved to Chicago, Ill., and found a job with WLS-TV, an American Broadcasting Company station. Susan's first job with ABC - as a researcher for a televised "action line" - paid $130 a week, the exact dollar amount she earned at the Reporter, as feature and entertainment editor. Over the course of her long career, she moved on to produce award-winning investigative reports, special segments and newscasts. She was one of the networks' first female 10 o'clock producers. She also was a loyal member of the National Assn of Broadcasting Engineers and Technicians and served as union steward for the writer's group for many years.

Miss McIntosh, who lived in Des Plaines, Ill. and Sarasota, Fla., was the daughter of Robert and Anna Marie (Holzmann) McIntosh of Fond du Lac.

She was married three times: to the late Terrence Julka of Malone in 1969; the late David M Green of Chicago, in 1976; and William Hartsell III of Knoxville, TN, in 1994.

An avid gardener, she took great joy in her skills with landscaping, creating park-like gardens that welcomed all visitors. She was always surrounded by numerous pets, usually a trio of dogs. And for a time, exotic fish and pet birds, as well.

Miss McIntosh is survived by many dear friends; two brothers, John (Esther) McIntosh, Malone; and William McIntosh, Fond du Lac; four nephews, Eric McIntosh, Fond du Lac; Benjamin (Joanne) McIntosh and Peter McIntosh, Fond du Lac; and James (Lindsay) McIntosh, Mt. Calvary, Wis. She was a fond aunt of three great-nieces, Hadiyah, Mary Jane and Ellie, and one great-nephew, Elijah. Funeral services are private.