Sue Gwendolyn Teel

Sue Gwendolyn Teel obituary, Phoenix, AZ

Sue Gwendolyn Teel

Sue Teel Obituary

Visit the Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home website to view the full obituary.

Sue Gwendolyn Teel, 92, passed away on March 8, 2025, at the Sunrise Senior Living home in Chandler, Arizona. Sue was born on July 28th, 1932, in Phoenix, Arizona and was married to Wallace Murel Teel for 44 years. Sue was born to Lawerance Lee Dugan, Sr. and Eva Elizabeth Dugan in Phoenix, Arizona and attended grade school at Creighton Grade School and attended North High School for 4years. Sue was a loving mother and was involved in raising three children, after the kids were grown up, she worked for C & C Motors as a full-time bookkeeper for several years. 

After retiring she took up painting and loved to paint landscapes as a hobby, also, Sue attended Aldersgate United Methodist Church where she was a very active member and very involved in various activities of the church and had many friends that she was close to for many years. 

Sue was preceded in death by Lawerence Lee Dugan, Sr. (father) and Eva Elizibeth Dugan (mother) and her husband Wallace Murel Teel whom she is with now. She was also preceded in death by Larry Dugan, Jr. (brother), Ron Dugan (brother) and Don Dugan (brother). Sue is survived by her youngest brother Floyd Dugan and his wife Celia Dugan. She is also survived by her three adult children Dennis Murel Teel and his wife Rhonda Teel, Gary Wallace Teel and his wife Glenna and her daughter Kathy Sue Tameron. and her husband Joe Tameron. Sue is also survived by nine grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.

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Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home

4800 East Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85018

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