Harvey J. Susser

Harvey J. Susser Husband and father, theatre and film teacher, photographer, stage director, lover of words and of music, gardener, passed away gently on July 4th, 2008 at his home in Kelowna, B.C. following a year-long struggle with cancer. He joins his parents, Sylvia and David Susser and his nephew, London Susser of Los Angeles, California, who predeceased him. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Coralie Paris Susser, by his sons Leland Susser of Los Angeles, Joshua and Benjamin Susser of Vancouver, B.C. and his daughter, Jennifer Susser, of Kelowna, by his brother and sister-in-law Richard and Marcia Susser of Los Angeles, his nephews Morgan and Spencer Susser and Gabriel Susser of Los Angeles, by his myriad of sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, nephews and nieces from the Paris family of Vancouver, Victoria, and Gibsons, B.C. He is also survived by the hundreds of students and colleagues whose lives he touched as artist, director and teacher during his 30 years teaching English, Drama and Film History at Adeline Kent Middle School, Novato High School and the College of Marin in Marin County, California. Cremation services will be private. Friends and family are invited to join the Susser family at their home, at 2435 Fairhall Road, Kelowna on Tuesday evening, July 8th from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friends, colleagues and students in California will be invited to join the Susser family for a 'final' Susser cast party sometime in late summer in Marin or Sonoma County. Details will be forthcoming. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Holding Hands for Hospice to support the new Hospice facility or to the Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior, both in Kelowna, B.C. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfield funeralhome.com, 250-860-7077.