The following note was written by Suzie's brother Tom Auldridge to Jerry Ascherman dated August 23rd, 2006
Suzie was admitted to the hospital with Kidney failure in early February of this year (2006). After convalescing and starting to get better from the Kidney failure she was diagnosed with a very rare form of bone marrow cancer later in February. Because it was not treatable by Chemo therapy, they performed a few treatments with experimental drugs.

After a couple of months in and out of the hospital Suzie's body started fail her, losing the ability to walk, and she was admitted into the Hospice of St. John around April. She put up a gallant fight as she always did for the next 3 1/2 months, her humor and wit entact until the last week or so when she succumbed to the disease. As you might expect she was one of the favorite patients of the Hospice staff and she made many friends and wonderful impressions on them. Suze was a special lady in life and in her in her darkest hours.

Her son Mickey and daughter Lisa, Friends and family held a bedside vigil throughout the ordeal shedding many tears and sharing many memory's. We often discussed her time and friends at East High and I mentioned this at her memorial service as that was one of her fondness memories.

She is missed on a daily basis but her spirit will always be with us all.

Hello fellow found EAGLES! After high school life overview: I attended Pueblo Junior College, unremarkably I might add, in the Fall of 1960 - one atonishing semester. Worked at the East Side Bakery and Alpha Floral Company before and after school, respectively. Continued working fulltime for the flower shop after my brief college experience. While at PJC met Michael D. Brasselero; we married in 1962. Moved to Denver and I immediately began working for Frontier Airlines as an accounts payable clerk which was a significant change from the flower and pastry business - but it paid the living expenses while Mike went to DU. Continued to work for various organizations in office/accounting positions. Became the youngest Democratic Committee Woman in Denver County. Shortly after Mike finished his second degree and acknowledging the marriage wasn't working, decided to make dramatic changes.

In 1971, I took a deep breath and sought a divorce - finalized in 1974. I've been winging it ever since! I have had a very successful divorce - 30 years in September. I've never remarried.

Put myself through my first degree, while working with two children, one handicapped, and managed to graduate "With Distinction" in May 1975. My first teaching position was with Navajo social workers from various reservations in New Mexico and Arizona - I taught Report Writing - one of my favorite memories. I was so poor I couldn't afford a babysitter, so I took my children with me to the campus (Loretto Heights College) - A Navajo Chief, Sam Tsosi, named my daughter Lisa, Sunshine Dancing and my son, Michael (Mickey), Little Bear Talking - both names were very appropriate. I was invited to become a member of the the White Buffalo Council, but never responded because I was so busy working so many jobs - teaching English Composition and Research, working for Skaggs Drug Store and private tutoring. I finally secured a fulltime position teaching English at Red Rocks Community College and worked there until 1977 when I decided to really spread my wings and move to Glenwood Springs. I worked for Colorado Department of Highways as a researcher on a lawsuit filed against the state regarding the I-70/Vail Pass construction and for the Hot Springs Lodge and Pool. I only stayed one year, then moved back to Denver. Another brief stint in Keystone for another year. Then worked in as a copywriter, typesetter and sales representative for a printing company. Then took a position with Chevron Oil Company as an office support person in the marketing department - that department was moved to Oklahoma within one year of my getting that position - then I transferred to the Chief Development Officer's small unit - it oversaw both production and exploration, so I learned more than I ever wanted to know about drilling and exploration. But it was a learning experience! That department was moved to San Francisco - having never been a fan of earthquakes, I again request a transfer to another department. I return to teaching parttime at Red Rocks in the evenings and continued seeking a transfer within Chevron which provided a liveable wage income and benefits. I came to rest in the land department as a Title Analyst - ultimately working for attorneys working the Oklahoma lawsuit. The company merged with Gulf Oil - an experience I never care to repeat, but a great learning tool for my future. I learned I really didn't want to be a lawyer and that I really was much better at teaching writing and soothing nervous students than I was at accounting and establishing chain of title in lease ownership. So when the huge headlines hit Denver's papers one August morning, I determined I was going to assess my future direction more closely. By this time both my children were graduated from school and on their own roads - somewhat - so in 1988 at the end of Chevron in Denver, I headed toward another degree. I earned my Master of Arts in Communication (the human genre) from University of Northern Colorado in 1990.

Again in a job search mode, I secured an adjunct English teaching position with Red Rocks Community College; I also worked in their Learning Development Center and developed and taught a job search curriculum. I also taught journalism; I worked with parents in Jefferson County R-1 school district to work on and receive their GED's - I established a formal graduation program for these GED recipients which continues today!

I worked for Jefferson County Social Services for about 9 months providing academic services tailored to a juvenile offender's program while continuing to teach adjunct.

Also started teaching Communication in the Workplace and Interpersonal Communication for Red Rocks. Took another parttime position for Alliance - an outplacement retraining organization for AT&T former workers - they weren't happy campers and the organization ultimately dissolved. Fortunately, about a year before this happened, I began teaching Student Success courses and speech for ESL (English as a Second Language) for CU-Denver as an adjunct faculty member. I was offered a fulltime position as an Academic Coordinator for the Center for Learning Assistance which administered tutoring and a TRIO grant (SSS) for first generation student (of which I was), low-income (of which I was) and learning disabled (fairly certain I have some of these traits too!) - so now I am not only a teacher, I am an administrator - heady stuff! But I loved it. After about eight years at UCD, I accepted a Director position for an SSS grant in Glenwood Springs at Colorado Mountain College. I began in 1998 and quit in May 1999 - yet, another learning experience. I was nominated and selected to be in the Fifth Edition of Who's Who Among America's teachers (constitutes 5% of America's teachers) and also was just nominated to be in the Eighth Edition - I haven't heard yet if I was selected (constitutes 2% of America's teachers to be multi-nominated). So I must have done something beneficial; I received that notice on a particularly discouraging unsuccessful job search day.

In the early 90's, I took the Jefferson County Master Gardener Training course through CSU as a way to return to my love a growing things and being able to teach others about the peculiarities of various plants, vegetables, food and flowers and their pesky pals and poisons - earth friendly of course! I'm a tree hugger of sorts and an environmentalist! RECYCLE WHATEVER YOU CAN! COMPOST for healthier soil! DON'T POISON the EARTH - at this point, it's all we've got, unless President Bush garners Mars and the Moon. That's my political input! But don't get me started!

Family care matters consumed my life until January, 2003 - at which point, I was again able to begin a serious, consistent job search - another learning experience - I discovered I'm old! How did that happen? Fulltime positions seem to have disappeared! I should be retiring, but my life challenges didn't follow that normal path accompanied by unwise financial choices, so I'm still seeking additional learning and working experience. The way I look at it ---- I'm on the cutting edge of the future!

I would love hearing from former Eagles - those years were unique and fun in my memory bank, but I wouldn't want to repeat them. Look forward to any who care to communicate.
Suzie - May, 2003