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Susan Reate Fussell

Susan Fussell Obituary

Susan Reate Fussell A resident of Sunnyvale, departed this earth on Monday, September 6 at the age of 53. She spent most of her life in Sunnyvale, graduating from Fremont High School and De Anza College. Since retiring from Hewlett-Packard two years ago, she was able to devote even more time to her beloved family and trying newly discovered recipes.

She leaves behind a loving husband Gary, step-sons Ed, Tim and Jim and their wives Sharon, Melanie and Denielle, five grandchildren Gary, Maddie, Katie, Marvin and Nathan, sister Denise and her husband Don, sister Deborah and her husband Kerry, her brother Tony, his wife Ally and niece Ruby Jean, mother Gloria, grandmother Isabel, aunt Cora and her husband Kent, uncle Rudy and aunt Beverly, uncle Ruban and aunt Glory, goddaughter Valentina, and numerous family and friends whom she dearly loved and cherished.

A Viewing (adults only please) will be held on Thursday, September 9 from 4 - 7 p.m. followed by a Rosary Service at 7 p.m. Both Services will be held at the WYANT AND SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 174 North Sunnyvale Avenue in Sunnyvale. A Mass will be celebrated for Susan on Friday, September 10 at 9 a.m. at St. Martin's Catholic Church, 593 Central Avenue in Sunnyvale. Interment will take place after the Mass at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, 695 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. If preferred, donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 102454, Atlanta, GA 30368-2454.

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Published by San Jose Mercury News on Sep. 9, 2004.

Memories and Condolences
for Susan Fussell

22 Entries

Irene Matsumoto

October 6, 2004

Dear Susan,

We had some really great times through the years. I will miss your warm smile, infectious laugh, and caring and generous personality. But most of all, I will truly miss your friendship.

Love,

Irene

Auntie Cora & Uncle Kent Gaynor

September 22, 2004

Our Niece Susan,

We love you so much and miss you so

much. You are the most beautiful person that God has created. You will always be in our hearts.

Love You...xoxoxo

Erica Calhoun

September 16, 2004

My thoughts and prayers are with your family. Susan was always so kind - I looked forward to seeing her every day at work at H-P. We are all blessed to have had such a sweet, special person in our lives.

Sandie Reynoso (Anaya)

September 13, 2004

My condolelences to the Fussell and the Reate Families. I just saw Sue a month ago at our 35 yr High School reunion. She looked so good and was in really high spirits. It saddened me deeply to hear of her passing. She was such a sweet girl with such a happy disposition. I will really miss her. My prayers are with the family.

Phyllis Chan

September 13, 2004

To Gary, Tim and Family,

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My deepest sympathy to the whole family. I had the pleasure of working with Susan at HP. I enjoyed hearing stories of her family, she was so proud. She was a wonderful person with a big heart.

kara greene

September 11, 2004

~aloha~

auntie susan ,

i just wanted to say i love u lots and miss you and that i will miss all the times we had together exspecially when we played majong with aunty cora and nanie and when we watched the mummy fun memomries luv you lots ~kisses xoxox~

Kara Greene

September 11, 2004

~aloha~

aunty susan i just wanted to say i will miss you lots and i will miss playing majong with you luv you lots ~kisses xoxo~

Cindy & Don Butler

September 10, 2004

Our very deepest sympathy's to Gary and the entire family. This news came as a tremendous shock and I will be keeping your family close in prayer. I'll always remember Susan as a loving wife and grandmother to her grandchildren who were a tremendous joy to her. She had such a great love for all children and whenever my family would visit she always loaded my kids down with lots of goodies. She will be greatly missed.

Darryl Talbot

September 10, 2004

To Gary and family,

Please accept our condolences on this sudden tragedy.

Susan was a breath of fresh air at HP,always smiling and cracking jokes. She was also reassuring in any situation at work,was devoted to her family and respected by all her peers.

Compassionate, caring , loving , laughing , happy , empathetic, full of goodness , infecting all of us with her joy. She was the best.

Those of us who were fortunate enough to have known her at all are blessed , and those that knew of her are as saddened as the rest of us, but know she has a big smile where she is now.

Take care, the Talbot family.

Susan Olsen

September 10, 2004

My sincere sympathy is with you. Susan had such a bright and easy disposition. She often reminded me of what's really important just by her calm, cheerful demeanor, and her obvious love of her husband, children and grandchildren. I pray her family will continue to be blessed by the many happy memories of her.

Noelia Gutierrez

September 10, 2004

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Marcia Mills

September 10, 2004

Susan you leave memories of your smile, laughter and willingness to respond to any need. Gary, Tim and the rest of the family, please know that others cared about Susan. I pray that even though there is pain at her loss, there is a beautiful legacy she leaves in each of you.

Linh Nguyen

September 10, 2004

I have the honor to work with Susan when she was at HP. I always looked forward to lunch time so I can have lunch with Susan. We shared recipes, religion and the thing that I treasured the most is her family coaching. She was like a big sister to me. We shared pictures, food, stories.....I know she is in God's hands and she will be missed. My condolences to her family.

Linh

Mark D. Johnson

September 10, 2004

Tim, Gary and family,

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Susan was always a "ray of sunshine" to everyone around her. Whenever I would run in to Susan - her laugh, her smile and her genuine caring nature always brightened my day.

Your extended HP family mourns with you. My sincere condolences go to each of you...

Jeanne Guanzon

September 10, 2004

Susan,

I will always miss you and your smile. You were a great piano student as well as a great person!

Aloha!

James Navarro

September 9, 2004

We are so sorry for your loss. Susan was always smiling and kind. That is how we will remember her.

From the Navarro Family.

Jackie Navarro

September 9, 2004

My deepest condolences to the Reate and Fussell families.

Marta Gomez

September 9, 2004

At HP Susan and I loved to share pictures of our grandchildren and stories about the time we spent with them. My condolences to her family.

Carol Nakamoto

September 9, 2004

Tim and Gary,

I'm so, so sorry to hear of your loss. It's a part of life that none of us can seem to bear, and it is usually unfair, such as her being so young in years. Please accept my sincere condolences.

Carol Nakamoto

HP/HR Retiree

Rob Eidson

September 9, 2004

So sorry to hear this news. I worked with Susan at HP, and can still hear her laugh, and remember her always cheerful disposition. My thoughts & prayers are with her friends & family.

Sharyn Wagner

September 9, 2004

My deepest sympathy

Denielle Fussell

September 9, 2004

Tutu I love you and I will miss you every day.

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