SUSAN MARGARET PROULX (SUSIE)

Condolences & Memories (6 entries)

• Susie ... so unique and wonderful! Known to love purple, teddy bears, quilting, and all family - particularly the nieces and nephews and their children. She always spoke of them with such love and pride! It has been such a privilege to know her and be a part of her circle. My deepest condolences to all that were close to her. I know she will be missed. Rest in Peace, Susie. Lee - Posted by: Lee Oberg (Sister-in-law (former)) on: Sep 15, 2022

• Susie-Q and I went to school together in Russell. (I believe she introduced me to alcohol and partying and giggling until our stomachs hurt) After graduation we kept in touch with visits and phone calls. In the last few years I would send birthday and Christmas cards and she would phone me faithfully every six months. We had long conversations after Roger died and then again when she lost her mom. She last phoned me in July to tell me about her health problems and, although the doctors had given her a grim prognosis she said she was determined to outlive their predictions. I believed she would. I promised to come for a long-overdue visit the next time I was in Winnipeg. I phoned her today to set up that visit for tomorrow and got the shocking and sad news that she had passed away. I will always regret not having that last visit. So Susie-Q, I will greatly miss our phone chats and that link we had to our childhood. I hope you are sitting on a purple cloud happily reunited with Roger, your mom and all the loved ones that have gone before. - Posted by: Linda Thompson (Davidson) (friend) on: Sep 13, 2022

• Rest in peace, Suzie Q! I will miss you. - Posted by: Marianne Langford (friend) on: Sep 12, 2022

• Susan was a lifelong friend, and although we lived miles apart she was never far from my thoughts, and I will miss her dearly. I actually don't remember my first meeting with Susan as we met when we were infants. My mother Alice and Susan's mother Margaret were friends, so it was natural that their daughters who were so close in age, would become friends. We sometimes had our little spats, as children do, but for the most part we spent so much of our childhood together. I think perhaps the most serious argument we had was over who was going to wear the skirt with the chickens on it when we played dress up. I have happy memories of being a guest at the Robinson cottage at Silver Beach. Spending time at the Robinson house was always so much fun. There was always a lot going on and everyone was busy, and the bonus was the little playhouse in the backyard where we spent many hours hiding out, talking and eating brown sugar sandwiches. Susan was always the little cute one, that everyone would make a fuss over when we would hang out, which was understanding because of her sunny disposition. Susan began her lifelong love of sewing at a very young age. We joined the 4-H sewing club, and when I realized that sewing was not my thing, she finished off the apron that we were tasked to do in order to get the completion ribbon at the end of the class. As a matter of fact, I think that she sewed most of the aprons in our little class. One of my funniest childhood memories with Susan was the annual winter skating carnival. We must have been about 5 or 6 years old when we started skating lessons, so we were not that proficient on the blades for this particular show. We were dressed like clowns, and the program consisting of skating from one end of the arena and back, doing a couple of little tricks along the way, should have been quite boring. Susan changed all that and stole the show. Susan had big pillows stuffed inside her clown costume and she absolutely could not stay on her feet. She would no sooner get up from a tumble, when down she would go again. Thinking back the roars of laughter coming from the audience, watching a little girl fall down could seem off putting, but Susan just giggled and enjoyed every minute of the program, and the padding of the pillows thankfully saved her from injury. Susan and I always had a standing appointment to go out for Halloween Apples, and the two of us would treck all over town with our pillow cases becoming heavier by each step. I moved from Russell to Revelstoke, BC in the summer between Grade 11 and Grade 12, and was always so sad that I did not have the opportunity to graduate with the friends that I had known my whole life. When we had the 20th high school reunion I returned to Russell for the first time in years. Ralph, Margaret and especially Susan were just the best hosts that one could ask for, and it was a wonderful return to my little town. I was very honoured that Susan accepted the invitation to be one of my bridesmaids, and she made the long trip on the bus from Winnipeg to Revelstoke. Her stories from the people that she met along the way were quite funny, and we enjoyed hanging out just as we had when we were kids. I did have the opportunity to meet her husband Roger on a couple of occasions, and it was so apparent how much they cared for each other. Roger was in poor health much of their marriage, but there was never a word of complaint from Susan, there was just love and devotion. I think that it is quite common when someone passes that there is regret that we never made an effort to keep in touch and reach out more often than we did. Although Susan and I did not have numerous conversations in the last few years, I do cherish the visits to BC and the times we did get in touch with each other. When we did have our phone conversations it was like no time has passed and we would chat as if we saw each other every day. Susan was sweet, kind, and even if she was a bit "cheeky" now and then, it was always with a sense of humour and never mean spirited. Susan will be missed by all that knew and loved her, and I am so very grateful that she was a part of my life. Rest in peace dear friend. My condolences to Susan's much loved family and the friends she made along the way. - Posted by: Judith McDougall ( nee Kukura ) (Friend) on: Sep 12, 2022

• My thoughts are with Susan's family and friends at this time. - Posted by: Kimberley Hildebrand (friend/co-worker) on: Sep 11, 2022

• I spent many hours with Susan, looking through photo albums, sewing, making Xmas gifts, and just talking about anything and everything. I always called her Snoozin Susan as she could fall asleep and nap at the drop of a hat!! Everything she had was purple, even her barbecue! She absolutely lived for time with her nieces and nephews and also their children. Susan was a kind and generous person, and loved to have a good laugh. Susan had Xmas dinners with my family and I for a few years and she truly enjoyed baking treats, Although she suffered with a lot of pain and sometimes worries, she always looked forward to the next day with laughter and optimism. She was a good friend, and I will truly miss her! My prayers are with her family and friends at this time. Susan I hope you are still up there quilting with the angels! - Posted by: Wendy (friend and neighbor) on: Sep 10, 2022