Susan Kay Bean, 64, of Hampshire died peacefully Dec. 6, 2019 in her own home after a long fight with cancer.
When Susan started college, she said she wanted to earn a living READING. After Susan graduated from college, she obtained her Master's Degree. She worked at two bookstores, an Editor at Charles Publishing Co. in Springfield, and completed her career as the Managing Editor of the Northern Illinois University Press.
Aside from family, friends, and reading, music was a passion. She began singing in the church choir when she was in her teens and continued as long as she was able. Susan was able to manage her three brothers, checking on them weekly, making the rounds on Sunday after church.
Fiercely independent, after spending most of her last year in the family home, being hospitalized and later a patient at a rehab hospital, she was able to return to her own home under the care of JourneyCare Hospice.
Susan is survived by three brothers, David (Linda Yunker), Jonathan (Jeanne Howle), and Timothy; her mother, Joyce (Kraft) Bean; nieces and nephews, Matthew, Nicole, Samantha, Shantel, Candi Nicole, and Daniel; and great-nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her father, George Bean; and grandparents.
There will be a public Memorial at the UMC in Hampshire in January.
Fredrick Funeral Home
When Susan started college, she said she wanted to earn a living READING. After Susan graduated from college, she obtained her Master's Degree. She worked at two bookstores, an Editor at Charles Publishing Co. in Springfield, and completed her career as the Managing Editor of the Northern Illinois University Press.
Aside from family, friends, and reading, music was a passion. She began singing in the church choir when she was in her teens and continued as long as she was able. Susan was able to manage her three brothers, checking on them weekly, making the rounds on Sunday after church.
Fiercely independent, after spending most of her last year in the family home, being hospitalized and later a patient at a rehab hospital, she was able to return to her own home under the care of JourneyCare Hospice.
Susan is survived by three brothers, David (Linda Yunker), Jonathan (Jeanne Howle), and Timothy; her mother, Joyce (Kraft) Bean; nieces and nephews, Matthew, Nicole, Samantha, Shantel, Candi Nicole, and Daniel; and great-nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her father, George Bean; and grandparents.
There will be a public Memorial at the UMC in Hampshire in January.
Fredrick Funeral Home
Susan Kay Bean, 64, of Hampshire died peacefully Dec. 6, 2019 in her own home after a long fight with cancer.
When Susan started college, she said she wanted to earn a living READING. After Susan graduated from college, she obtained her Master's Degree. She worked at two bookstores, an Editor at Charles Publishing Co. in Springfield, and completed her career as the Managing Editor of the Northern Illinois University Press.
Aside from family, friends, and reading, music was a passion. She began singing in the church choir when she was in her teens and continued as long as she was able. Susan was able to manage her three brothers, checking on them weekly, making the rounds on Sunday after church.
Fiercely independent, after spending most of her last year in the family home, being hospitalized and later a patient at a rehab hospital, she was able to return to her own home under the care of JourneyCare Hospice.
Susan is survived by three brothers, David (Linda Yunker), Jonathan (Jeanne Howle), and Timothy; her mother, Joyce (Kraft) Bean; nieces and nephews, Matthew, Nicole, Samantha, Shantel, Candi Nicole, and Daniel; and great-nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her father, George Bean; and grandparents.
There will be a public Memorial at the UMC in Hampshire in January.
Fredrick Funeral Home
When Susan started college, she said she wanted to earn a living READING. After Susan graduated from college, she obtained her Master's Degree. She worked at two bookstores, an Editor at Charles Publishing Co. in Springfield, and completed her career as the Managing Editor of the Northern Illinois University Press.
Aside from family, friends, and reading, music was a passion. She began singing in the church choir when she was in her teens and continued as long as she was able. Susan was able to manage her three brothers, checking on them weekly, making the rounds on Sunday after church.
Fiercely independent, after spending most of her last year in the family home, being hospitalized and later a patient at a rehab hospital, she was able to return to her own home under the care of JourneyCare Hospice.
Susan is survived by three brothers, David (Linda Yunker), Jonathan (Jeanne Howle), and Timothy; her mother, Joyce (Kraft) Bean; nieces and nephews, Matthew, Nicole, Samantha, Shantel, Candi Nicole, and Daniel; and great-nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her father, George Bean; and grandparents.
There will be a public Memorial at the UMC in Hampshire in January.
Fredrick Funeral Home
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