Sue Ann Blumenthal

Sue Ann Biller Blumenthal passed away on August 14, 2025. Born in Far Rockaway, New York to Edith and Morris Biller, the majority of her life was lived in Jacksonville and Jacksonville Beach, Florida. She married Henry Allen Blumenthal on June 14, 1970 at the Jacksonville Jewish Center. Todd Charles born in 1976 and Barry Elliott born in 1978 were the pride of their parents' lives. Joining Sue Ann, Todd and Barry on April 18, 2007 was Shana Nicole who Sue Ann adopted.

Sue Ann was an English teacher at duPont Junior High School, Jefferson Davis Junior High School, and Sandalwood High School for 38 years. Her love of literature and her students provided her with many good memories. Her pleasure was to teach the person who wanted to learn regardless of his or her literacy over the student who did not value learning.

Sue Ann had a love of living her life. She was blessed with confidence and a positivity of life. She knew her cup was half full. She enjoyed her own sense of humor as well as others who brought laughter to the lives of many. She loved traveling and was lucky enough to have traveled to many continents. She was a religious/spiritual person who was a member of the Jacksonville Jewish Center from a very young age to her death. Henry and Sue Ann were married at the Center and raised Todd and Barry through its Sunday school, Hebrew school, and youth groups.

Their bar mitzvahs were held there and later their confirmations. Youth groups, camping with Dov Kentof, along with a Havurah and other synagogue activities greatly enriched her Jewish faith.

Besides her family, her teaching and her faith, Sue Ann was blessed with a wonderful group of friends who friends provided joy and life's lessons. Sue Ann had a gift of being able to talk to anyone. She loved people and was a loyal friend. Along with her many friends, Sue Ann was an avid reader who was almost never without a book as well as her several book clubs. She had a lifelong love of the beach. She enjoyed writing and strove to be a good communicator. She was a strong believer in honesty and loyalty. She was a generous person with her time and money. She took pleasure in living her life to the fullest and was most grateful for her talents and blessings. Two of her most treasured blessings were the relationships she shared with Finesse and with Shana, both of whom she adored "to the moon and back." She was proud of her children Todd and Finesse, Barry, Shana and Sean as well as her grandchildren, Elise Schuyton, Maddie Corvers, Chase Corvers and Bria Blumenthal.

Sue Ann's funeral will be held Monday, August 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM at New Center Memorial Park Cemetery, 200 E 43rd Street, (43rd and Liberty), Jacksonville, FL 32208.

Donations can be made to the Jacksonville Jewish Center, 3662 Crown Point Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32257, River Garden, 11401 Old Saint Augustine Road, Jacksonville, FL 32258 or the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Northeast Florida, 8505 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville FL, 32217.

Sue Ann is survived by her three children, four grandchildren, and her sister.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Edith and Morris Biller, her husband, Henry Allen Blumenthal, his parents Sauchie and Leo Blumenthal, and five of her siblings.