Birth date: Apr 5, 1959 Death date: Jan 27, 2021
Susan Harra Young, 61, passed away on January 27, 2021, peacefully at home. Susan, an artist, author, and naturalist, was a lively, funny (silly!), and caring soul with an encyclopedic knowledge of the world. Born in Ft Lauderdale Read Obituary
When Susan moved from our area in Deltona, we lost track of each other, but we have many great memories prior to that. We were Kayaking pals and the three of us went on many excursions. We were new to Florida and wanted to explore - but not alone - and Susan was researching her kayak book and didn't want to go out alone either. So it was a perfect match. She knew nature and all the birds by their calls. She was a great teacher and that is how we will remember her.
In life it is always best to be on time. In death it is always better to be late especially to ones own funeral. Susan was a later in life friend for me but a relatively new friend to me. I first met her via neighbors and she filled me with joy upon meeting her. Her love of the great outdoors and a healthy lifestyle were things we had in common. Her love of her two cats Khan and Geronimo were undisputed. Like me she loved all animals and often walked with me and Harley my dog who passed almost a year ago on March 6, 2020. Susans other great love was that she honored the Military for their service to our great country. She had the honor of knowing her father was a Marine who had served in boldly and bravely. She was a member of the Elks Club and the Vietnam Marine Veterans Post locally and I had the honor to accompany her to a number of activities that supported her veterans. Susan was a great communicator. She stood up for things she felt were wrong which is a great indicator of a persons character. She also was a survivor of emotional abuse and very intuitive because of it, Susan knew I had experienced having my body light up in January 2015 and developing fibromyaglia which is very painful as a result of it.
When I found out about Susans illness which we suspected was cancer but did not know for sure, I asked her what I could do to help. Of course she needed rides for care and I obliged. Christmas eve day I decided to have her over for Christmas eve dinner and I know as she told me it brought her great joy to have a turkey dinner with all the fixings and to see my home decorations. When she made the decision to have hospice I asked her how I could help and she asked if I would stop in and check on her daily around 10 am each day. Due to my allergies which are severe this was not easy for me as her cats cause me allergies though they are quite adorable and loving. They really loved her too. Understandably so. I honestly thought Susan would beat the cancer as I am an eternal optimist.....it runs in my family. None of us likes to ever give up or give in.....My parents taught us that. What I will say is that as an American I find it truly without excuse some of the conditions that Susan endured during her passing as a result of in my mind true neglect from the Socialworkers at hospice who had her managing her care while she was in pain.....In other words she the patient was doing the jobs in her bed of arranging her own care via phone calls. To me this is not right and I would be wrong to not speak up
so that in the future things and patient care will be better in the future. It is hard for me to believe what is being done to some of our greatest patriots and this needs to change. Thank you to neighbors Judy, Tony, Lorraine,Steve, Denise, Linda, and Tory for loving Susan as you did and helping her to the best of your abilities. God gains another Angel, we lose another Saint......but remember some day the Saints will all come marching in!!! In loving memory, Your friend, Kim
Susan was my neighbor and always had a smile on her face. We sure had fun on the segues that day.
Celebrating Susan’s 60th birthday!
Adventures with Susan!
Celebrating Susan’s 61st birthday!
I knew her as Felix the Fool. Made courts in Trimaris so much more interesting.
So many memories of Susan have been flooding my memory these last 2 weeks....mostly of her as a sidekick to Alice's and my escapes ( from my perspective) or of her trying to keep us out of trouble ( from her perspective I imagine) but also those times when as adults we lived close enough that we could share in each other's life events - my wedding celebration, kayaking on our lake, her new house in New Port Richey, a Trinity Presbyterian Church youth group reunion on the beach.... with love...until we meet again Susan.
