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Pictures of Susan
Susan LaFae Painter Ferguson returned to
her Heavenly Father on May 14, 2003 after a long and difficult struggle
with cancer. Over the last six years of her life Susan was an inspiration
to all that knew her, as she turned her affliction into blessings with her
positive attitude, her sense of humor in the face of adversity, and her
constant desire to strive for her very best.
Susan was born in
Oakland, California on August 20, 1951 to her loving parents, Edward and
LaFae Painter. She married Chuck Ferguson in the Oakland Temple on July 11,
1970, and they enjoyed nearly 33 years of their eternal marriage on this
earth before her passing. She was proud of all her children, Sandi, Suzette
(and her husband Carter), Shauna (deceased), Eldin (and his fiancé Katie),
and Spencer. She also dearly loved and enjoyed her 5 grandchildren, Laycee,
Kaden, Sarah, Joseph and Joshua.
Soon after her
marriage Susan went to a vocational school, earning her Licensed Vocational
Nurse certificate. She served as an LVN (or LPN) for over a decade before
going to Weber State University to earn her Registered Nurse license and a
B.S. degree. She eventually earned her Masters Degree from Brigham Young
University as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Susan spent most of
her nursing career as a rural hospital nurse. She loved to serve and
comfort her patients, always going the extra mile to meet their needs.
“Service” was her motto, and she did all she could to emulate her hero,
Mother Theresa. Her colleagues appreciated her knowledge, skills, integrity
and dedication, and also her great sense of humor. Later Susan became a
teacher of nurses, eventually serving as the director of the Snow College
South Allied Health Department. In this role she helped to prepare scores
of students to become nurses, teaching them to reach out to meet their
patients’ needs in a caring and professional manner. She also freely
volunteered her time and talents, always reaching out to anyone who needed
her help. Susan truly used the talents that the Lord blessed her with to
serve others.
Susan loved sports.
Her favorite was softball. She played in women’s and coed softball leagues
for over 20 years, and she was famous for her line drive shots down the
third baseline. She loved to watch her children participate in their
favorite activities as well, and she rarely missed an event in which they
were involved.
Throughout her life
Susan was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints and served in a variety of teaching and leadership positions. Her
testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ was so very important to her, and she
demonstrated this at all times in the way she lived her life. No adversity
was strong enough to ever dim her testimony.
Susan joins her
daughter Shauna, and her sisters Cindy and Paula beyond the veil. She was
already an angel on this earth, and now having passed to the other side we
know that she will be an angel who will continue to touch our lives daily.
We love her so much. We miss her so much. And always she will be in our
hearts.
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