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Susan A. “Suzi” Pearson

Susan A. “Suzi” Pearson

Susan A. “Suzi” Pearson
1948-2014

After a long battle with Dementia and Parkinson’s Diseases, Suzi passed away at a local nursing home on August 30 th , 2014 with her husband, Steve, at her side.

Suzi was born in Berkeley , California and lived in Danville , California and Lake Oswego , Oregon before attending the University of Oregon where she met her husband Steve.  Steve was in Air Force ROTC and Suzi in Angel Flight and they got acquainted at a “beer baseball game” in 1967.

They were married in1969 and honeymooned in Victoria BC.  They spent the summer in a Forest Service guard station before Steve was hired by Boise Cascade Corporation in LaGrande , Oregon .  While in LaGrande she had two sons; Erik born in 1971 and Michael born in 1974.  In 1978 Steve was transferred to Boise , Idaho where they made their home until this day.

Suzi was a terrific homemaker raising her two sons while Steve traveled with business.  She became known for her gourmet cooking and also enjoyed catering small parties with her business name of “ Garden of Eatin ”.  She loved teaching her friends to cook and even spent time giving Cuisinart demonstrations in Boise and Twin Falls .  Her license plate on her car was “Yummys”.  She also enjoyed all kinds of jewelry and worked part time at Sextys Jewelry where she sold jewelry and took advantage of their employee discounts:~)  She loved Champagne and visited the Napa and Sonoma Valley wineries many times over the years.

She was active in the Boise community and was well known for her ready smile, creative ideas and willingness to help out any good cause.  She belonged to and contributed to Beaux Arts, Junior League, WCA, and IWCF and was on the board of FUNDSY.  She enjoyed being involved with the local Republican Party and helped organize events when Ronald Reagan and Barbara Bush campaigned locally.

She loved to travel and enjoyed visiting all the Hawaiian Islands . Her favorite place to stay was the Mauna Lani Hotel on the Big Island and she enjoyed snorkeling and just hanging out on the beach.  She finally got to go to Europe on her 60 th birthday and visited London , Edinburgh , Glasgow and Munich .  She also enjoyed river cruising with Steve in Europe and traveled from Paris to Prague ; Amsterdam to Budapest ; Paris to Normandy ; Paris to Monaco ; and the Tulip Time cruise in The Netherlands and Belgium .

Suzi’s hobbies included cooking, collecting paper weights of all kinds, Limoge tiny boxes and a variety of beautiful soup tureens and other unique cookware.  She was known by her friends as a “black belt” shopper and enjoyed periodic trips to San Francisco to shop and play “even Steven” when Steve went hunting.

She loved music including easy listening and most songs from the 60’s era.  One of her favorite songs of all time is John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” and even wanted it played at her memorial.  She would have loved to learn how to play the drums and as a girl at family gatherings would excel at playing the “gut bucket”…

She loved dogs and over the years enjoyed a variety of yellow Labradors .  The family’s current dog is an Australian Sheep Dog named “Vanna”.
Suzi is survived by her husband, Steve; their two children, Erik (Cindy) Pearson of Nampa, Michael (Gillian) Pearson of Meridian, their two grandchildren, Jack Pearson and Ginny Pearson; her mother Constance Davis of Aliso Viejo, California; her sister Kathleen (William) Young of Mission Viejo, California and brother Mike (Lori) Thompson of Gilroy, California and numerous extended family.  She was preceded in death by her father, B. F. Thompson, Jr.

The family would like to thank the loving in-home caregivers Jean and Judy from Multi-Care; nurses, staff and volunteers at the Owyhee Memory care facility in Meridian and Marquis at Shaw Mountain nursing home as well as St Luke’s Hospice and hospital doctors and staff.

A memorial reception for Suzi’s family and friends will be held on Sunday, September 28 th at Crane Creek Country Club from 3-5 p.m. The family requests that any donations be made in her name to their local Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Charities.


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