Susan Couts Springstead

Thank you so very much, Ogle families, for this lovely memorial to your dear "Nana." Susan will always be a major part of the history of Rancho Guajome Adobe County Park. She and her family are visible all over the Adobe and the Chapel.

I'll always appreciate the day Jamie Ogle introduced us to his grandmother Susan at Rancho Guajome Adobe. Susan taught my wife Tina and me so much about the history of the Couts family in Guajome. She welcomed the opportunity to sit down and visit with Kirk Richardson, a descendant of another Couts branch at Guajome. Her generosity was visible in her interview on "Antiques Roadshow" in 2011. I will never forget this charming lady and her family. Jerry Colling, M. D.

When we think of Aunt Susan, her zest and sense of adventure shine through. One day we were in a back yard above Mission Valley across from San Diego State. She told us about how, in her youth, she would ride her horse from La Mesa to a spot below us and even farther west.
In 2012 at Seaport Village, she saw a horse-drawn carriage. No tourists happened to be in it at the time. She went up to the horse, patted it, and spoke to it knowingly and affectionately. The driver, seeing how...

I'm so saddened to hear of the passing of Aunt Susan. The last time I saw her was two years ago at the Celebration of Life for her nephew, Art Thompson. Susan was always so sweet and nice to me, as was Wally, and I wish that dynamic duo only the very best in eternity...

JLSD Las Jardineras will miss our member, Susan!

How fortunate we are to have had this beaming, sweet lady for our neighbor.

It seemed like the sun came up whenever Susan stepped into the room. She was an exceptional lady who lives on in her family with their warm and friendly spirit. We will miss her very much.