Susan Kathleen Farnworth

1953 - 2024

Susan Kathleen Bucy Farnworth

July 2, 1953 - December 13, 2024

Susan Kathleen Bucy Farnworth-Kathy-passed away December 13th,2024 in Salem. She was born in 1953 in Lebanon, Oregon to David and Marilyn Bucy, the first of seven children.

She grew up in Corvallis, Oregon and graduated from Corvallis High School; from Oregon State University in civil engineering and history; from UC Davis with masters in engineering; and gained both professional and structural engineering certifications. She worked as an engineer and manager on roads, bridges, buildings, rail cars, nuclear submarines and containment buildings in California, Maryland, Washington, Oregon and Russia. She also took time to marry Dan Farnworth in 1980.

What made Kathy so amazing was her love of practically everything. Her mom's ducks and rabbits. Her own cats and rabbits. The peacocks in the neighborhood. Pansies and lilacs. Her brothers and sisters, work friends, friends she met out in the world and in the groups she joined: ASCE, SEAW, Rotary, her fishing club, her folk dancing club, her cancer support group, her Italian group, her breakfast club.

She loved games-bridge, mahjongg, solitaire if necessary, table games, golf, jigsaw puzzles. She loved to play with her nieces and nephews. She loved writing letters and paper and cards. She loved hiking and walks; to travel, whether to Chicago or Texas, India or Italy or England; sewing, knitting and quilts; reading and books with a good cup of tea. She loved being married and loved her husband. She loved taking care of others and helped her parents in their last years, even when she herself was sick.

She is survived by her husband, Dan, and her siblings David, Jeanne, Chris, Tim, Emilie and Melinda; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. And by her cats Annie and Chloe and her rabbit, Lambkin.

A memorial service will be held in the spring when the world bursts anew into color under the sun.