Susan Jayne Keeshan COLUMBIA- Susan Jayne Keeshan, M.D., departed this world on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. A memorial service will be announced in the coming weeks. Dr. Keeshan was born July 15, 1956 in Oakland, California to William and Sybil Keeshan. After graduating from Pioneer High School in San Jose, California, she became the first female deputy sheriff in Santa Clara County. Susan enjoyed traveling. After living in Germany for several years, she returned home and attended nursing school in Arizona. She married her Marine husband, Aaron in 1986 and moved to Beaufort, South Carolina, where she worked as a Labor & Delivery nurse and attended classes at USC Beaufort. Upon her husband's retirement, she attended medical school at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, and trained in obstetrics & gynecology at West Virginia University, where she earned a Heroism Award for acting quickly and saving a patient's life. Dr. Keeshan returned to practice medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. She was passionate about the practice of medicine and was one of the most skilled surgeons in the Southeast. She was one of only a handful of surgeons capable of performing single incision laparascopic surgery, which leaves no visible scar. She served as an associate clinical professor of medicine for both USC School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina. She mentored many students and loved teaching. She was active in numerous professional societies and served on several medically related state boards. Susan enjoyed sailing, traveling and scuba diving. She loved animals and cooking. She loved the outdoors, including hunting and fishing with her husband. She was also quite an opera aficionado. A true music lover, she played clarinet and piano. Susan was the very proud mother of three United States Marines, and enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren. Dr. Keeshan is survived by her husband, Aaron J. Kozloski; her sons, David, Josh and Christopher; seven grandchildren and her brother, Thomas. Those wishing to honor her memory may do so by contributing to the animal rescue organization of their choice. www.caughmanharmanfuneralhome.net