Susan Kaplan Checchi

Susan Kaplan Checchi, age 79, of Brookline, MA, passed away the early morning of Sunday, March 8, 2026. She leaves behind a history of devotion to her family, her friends, all her caregivers, and a determination to make the best of her life.

Susan Kaplan Checchi was a resident of CareOne Brookline for the past ten years. Born in Yonkers, NY and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she lived at different times of her life in New York City, Florida, California and Massachusetts.

Susan survived multiple health challenges over decades, including severe COVID in the Spring of 2020. Despite health and disability limitations, she had a fighting spirit and embraced whatever was possible in each day. Susan fought for dignity, found comfort in her Jewish faith, kept track of the news, never missed an election, and loved spending time with her family. She took pride in her accomplishments, especially her career teaching special needs children.

Susan is survived by her mother, Elaine Mountleigh, of Boston; two sisters, Jennifer Batallas and Madge Kaplan (and Patsy Baudoin) all of Cambridge, MA; staff, caregivers and caring souls at CareOne Brookline and FriendshipWorks; and many cousins from her childhood.

May her wit, uncanny memory, humor, love of classical music and music of the 1960s, and unwavering support for feminism, social justice and racial equality, live on in all of us. She will be sorely missed.

In memory of Susan, please consider supporting Dignity Alliance Massachusetts, a grassroots organization dedicated to transformative change to ensure the dignity of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers. https://dignityalliancema.org/donate/