She graduated from Grove City High School in 1973 and from The Ohio State University in 1977.
Suzi moved to Dallas, Texas, and married Bruce Staffin in 1986. They remained married until his death in 2007.
Suzi's passions were her horse and dogs.
She was predeceased by her husband, and her father Dwight E. Lambert.
She is survived by her mother, Johann M. Lambert of Montgomery, Alabama; her siblings Barbara Lambert Patrick and her husband Ferrell Patrick of Montgomery, Alabama; and Bill Lambert of Orient, Ohio.