Susan died peacefully surrounded by many family members on Monday, September 2, 2019. Cause of death were complications due to cancer. Susan was preceded in death by her parents, Bernie and Madeline, and her youngest brother Tom. She is survived by her six siblings John (Valerie), Pat (Kelley), Mark (Catherine), Kate Rice (Jim), Brian (Deirdre) and Nora, along with 23 nieces and nephews and 13 great nieces and nephews.
Susan attended All Saints Grade School, Holy Child Academy, Fort Wright College and the University of Portland, where she graduated in 1977. Her teaching career included 10 years in various grades at St. Charles Catholic School, a year in Round Mountain, Nevada, and 31 years at All Saints Grade School teaching Kindergarten,1st and 3rd grades. She was a devoted and beloved teacher who deeply believed in her faith based educational environment and inspiring young children. Susan was known especially for introducing the values of kindness and mutual respect into the classroom, creating generations of Peace Angels. She was a wonderful and highly respected colleague of her fellow teachers.
Susan was a soft spoken, kind hearted woman who always acted with gentleness and grace. Her students and their education preoccupied her life. She was extremely disciplined in her daily routine, regularly arriving at school by 6:30am to prepare daily lesson plans. Her classroom was filled with instructional visual cues and delightful artwork created by her students. Susan also enjoyed immensely organizing the children's liturgy at School Masses.
A special love of Susan's, especially during the summer months, was to spend time with family at the Oregon coast. She loved the sunshine, reading a good book, walking on the beach, or in conversation with her siblings and many nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews. We will miss her shining spirit, her laughter, her beautiful smile and Irish twinkling eyes!
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 10am at All Saints Catholic Church. A private, immediate family interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Gifts in Susan's memory may be made to All Saints School to the Susan Harrington Peace Angel Scholarship Fund.
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