Susan Harmon

Harmon, Susan 2/4/1945 - 12/21/2022 Grand Rapids age 77, passed away unexpectedly on December 21. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard and Elizabeth Harmon; and her sister, Sharon Balcer. She is survived by her brothers, Richard (Lila), Donald (Nancy), Thomas (Teri); and sister, Mary Hormuth. She had 17 nieces and nephews, and 35 grand nieces and nephews. Susie graduated from Catholic Central in 1963 and developed friendships she maintained forever. She always enjoyed contact with her friends, be it a brief (well, Susie's idea of brief) chat on the phone, lunch, dinner, or a day trip. These friends were also very supportive of her during brief periods of illness in recent years. She then went on to graduate from Holy Cross School of Nursing and for the majority of her career was a public health nurse for Kent County. She loved her job and the people she worked with and was able to find humor in the everyday trials and tribulations of the workplace. Susie loved to shop, especially for others. Partly because of her great love of gift giving, Susie greatly enjoyed Christmas. To visit her house at Christmas time was to feel like one stepped into a Hallmark movie. It is especially sad for those she left behind that she died at this most joyous time of year. There were many different sides to Susie: trips to Notre Dame football games provided excitement (and/or depression) and was just one of the many wonderful things she did with her mother: the casino trips with her sister, Sharon to Gun Lake provided her with some low stakes fun at the slot machine: assisting with St. Paul's funeral lunches demonstrated just a small part of her caring for others and (also on occasion provided her with leftovers that were slid out the back door). Above all else Susie was about faith and family. The Catholic church and particularly St. Paul's Parish were very important to her. She never had a family of her own, but she was very much a cherished member of her siblings' families and their children's families. She will be greatly missed by all of them. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church on Wednesday, December 28 at 10:00 am preceded by visitation at 9:00 am. Visitation will also be held at O'Brien Gerst Funeral Care, 3980 Cascade Rd. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 on Tuesday, December 27 from 5-7pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul the Apostle Education Fund, 2750 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546.