Susan Day Poth

Susan Day POTH On January 14th 2009, after a long battle with Carcinoid cancer, surrounded by her dearest family and friends, Susan Day Poth passed peacefully at her home in Madison Park. Sue was born on January 6th 1942 at Providence Hospital in Everett, WA. She died just eight months after the death her beloved husband Phil Poth Jr. of 40 years. Sue graduated from the UW with a degree in English literature. She grew up in Laurelhurst and attended Helen Bush and Roosevelt High Schools. After graduating, she traveled by ship to Europe and continued on her journey to visit destinations such as Istanbul and Morocco, a unique and uncommon adventure for a single woman in that era. Her father, Dr. Charles Day, a gold medal winner with the UW Crew at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, instilled in her a great love of the water. She spent the summers of her youth with her brothers and sisters on their dad's little sail boat on Hood Canal. Sue loved to swim in Lake Washington, not to mention any swimming pool. Sue's love of literature never left her and she always enjoyed reading great authors old and new. Her kitchen table always had a copy of the latest Yew Yorker or Vanity Fair magazine. Her children will miss opening their mailboxes to find a freshly clipped poem or short story attached to a friendly note. In her later years she found great joy in meeting with her book club. She was a loyal, compassionate, generous, unwavering friend. She never hesitated to spend hours listening and giving advice if you asked for it. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was able to live in the moment. We all appreciated her for that. She remained very close with several of the women from her college sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. She loved good food a fun dinner out and a crisp martini. She transformed her passions for food and socializing into a successful catering business specializing in weddings. Nearly forty couples were married in her Capitol Hill home. As her sister-in-law said, "Sue had it all. Pretty, smart, talented, a great hostess, lots of flair, two beautiful kids who have grown into strong amazing adults. I can see her sparkling in the living room of the Poth Manor, throwing out a clever line, bringing people together with her charm....the hostess with the mostess...that was Sue." Sue fiercely loved her children Katie and Philip. The genuine closeness she enjoyed with her children over the years was truly profound. She was a second mother to many of her children's friends one of whom said of her "Sue taught me how to laugh." She is survived by her mother Marjorie Jacobson, two brothers Jeff and John Day, sister Kristin Day, son Philip Poth and daughter Katie Mulhair, son in law Dirk Mulhair, nephews Sam and Max and her two awesome grandchildren Jack and Molly Mulhair. We will all miss her very much. We love you so much Mom. A memorial celebrating her life will be held at The Seattle Golf Club 210 NW 145th, Tues., 1/27/09 @ 3:00 pm.