Susan B. Candee

1950 - 2016

NAPLES, FLA. >> Susan B. Candee, 66, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Oneida, passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 27, 2016, in the comfort of her daughter's home, after a courageous battle. She was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was extremely proud and passionate about her family. She trusted Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
Susan will always be remembered for her contagious happiness and positive attitude, her feisty zest for life, and her love for her family. She will never be forgotten. Instead little bits of her will continue -- in look-alike and think-alike family members, and in pieces of her heart and spirit that will be carried by those she touched along her journey. We love you always and forever, "from here to the moon and back."
Born in Oneida on Nov. 19, 1950, she was a daughter of James A. and Charlotte Snell Singer Sr. Susan was a resident of Oneida until 2012 when she relocated to Florida. She was a graduate of Canastota High School and Central City Business Institute. She married William D. "Butch" Candee Sr. in Whitelaw and they have spent more than 43 years together.
Prior to her retirement, Susan was employed with Oneida Limited as an executive secretary and managed the Oneida Community Mansion House. She was then employed by Oneida Health Care Center in Admissions.
While she enjoyed reading, playing cards, sewing and picking up a new hobby each year -- that she took the extreme -- her greatest joy was still her family. She would be happiest sitting around the table with a cup of coffee watching her children laugh and tell stories and watching her grandkids play.
She was survived by: her devoted husband Butch; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberley and Michael Relyea of Canastota and Kelley and Todd Hood of Oneida; two sons and one daughter-in-law, James Candee of St. Petersburg, Fla. and William and Paige Candee Jr. of Las Vegas, Nev.; 10 grandchildren, Alexandra Evans, Michael, Kaitlyn and Jenna Relyea, Matthew, Joshua and Anna Hood, and Conner, Braeden and Kennedy Candee; her beloved dog and companion, Bella; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Kathleen and Terrance Bennett of Morrisville and Melanie and Joe Fiato of Bonita Beach, Fla.; two brothers and their spouses, James A. and Barbara Singer Jr. of Naples, Fla. and Michael Singer and Glenn Robbins of North Carolina; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Jim and Bih Candee of Florida, Ray and Kathy Candee of Oneida, Marie Zophy of Canastota and Edith Froelick of Oneida, Edie and Steve Olden of Canastota, and Sandy and Jason Piersall of Canastota, and James and Melissa Candee of Canastota.
Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the Campbell-Dean Funeral Home, Inc., 260 Main St., Oneida with Terrance Bennett, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2:30-5:30 p.m., prior to the memorial service. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 4277 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, N.Y. 13413. To leave a message of condolence, please visit www.campbell-dean.com.
CAMPBELL-DEAN FUNERAL HOME, INC.
Oneida