Susan was born May 13, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, the daughter of Joseph W. Spector and Lillian Rosen Spector.
Susan was a graduate of the University of Maryland and received her post graduate degree in special education from Cornell University. She was an elementary school teacher for over 30 years. She was a storyteller and a traveler. She loved reading, animals, and plants.
Susan was preceded in death by her parents.
Surviving are her children, Joanne D. Altman and husband Jack Kaplan of High Point, NC; Debbie Altman of Eugene Oregon, and Lynn Altman of Jupiter, Florida. Also surviving are her grandchildren Joey Koss of Jupiter, Florida and Jessica Koss Bartnick and husband Blake Bartnick, of Plano Texas. She had a great granddaughter, Brooklynn Bartnick. She is also survived by two former husbands.
The family asks with gratitude that memorials in Susan’s name be made to the Alzheimer’s Association whose vision is a world without Alzheimer’s.