Sue loved to teach. Every year when January came around, the month when all of the seniors at Berkshire School read Hamlet, she rejoiced in her slow, careful celebration of Shakespeare’s genius.

Once, when the subject of giving pop quizzes came up, she said that she gives pop quizzes “only when I am feeling lonely.” She loved working with kids, a quality that, I am sure, served as a clinical social worker.

Of course, Alison’s birth caused a school-wide celebration, and Sue, an out-spoken feminist attuned to national and global issues, was now a mother delighted mother. Soon she moved on to social work, leaving us memories of her high academic standards and her devotion to helping students find their way.

Alison, Audrey, and Jonathan,

My heart breaks for the three of you, losing these two kind, generous, loyal, and amazing people the same night. I keep hearing the phone ring in my mind with Sue’s voice on the other end, “Jodi! It’s Sue! How aaaaare you?” She loved to listen and draw out my stories and then she would tell me about her girls. She was so deeply proud of you both. I have loved her and considered her among my closest friends. I’m so very sad that she is gone.  So much love to you.

- Jodi Dinsmore