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With loved ones at her bedside, Susie Czeh passed away at the Elk Valley Hospital on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the age of 89 years.

Susie was born in Fernie, BC on February 25, 1925. She was raised in Fernie and loved to go out dancing with her sister, Mary, and was well known for her butterhorns. In 1946 Susie married the love of her life, James Czeh, and later moved to Sparwood, BC where they built their first home and raised their three children.

Susie is survived by her brother, Tom, and her three children: James Czeh Jr. (Shirley), Mary (Charlie) Mattersdorfer and Arlene (Rick) White, her eight grandchildren: Karrie (Tim) Zaitsoff, Darcy (Monique) Mattersdorfer, Sharlene Czeh (Dan Webster), Freddy (Elizabeth) Mattersdorfer, Charlie Jr. (Ashley) Mattersdorfer, Christi Czeh, Lynnea White, Reanne White (Keifer Ouellette) as well as nine great grandchildren: Tanner and Ava Mattersdorfer, Zackary and Paige Zaitsoff, Brooklyn and Brady Webster, Mayson and Easton Mattersdorfer and Will Mattersdorfer. She was predeceased by her husband, James, brothers Louie, Ernie, Jim, Sam and Jack Marasco and sisters Mary Miller and Rose Kumorek.

Prayers were held on January 1, 2015 at the Holy Family Catholic Church with Funeral Mass following on January 2, 2015 with Rev. Father Marcel Cote Celebrant. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Susie’s name to: Canadian Diabetes Association, Fernie and District Branch, 1589 Sutherland Drive, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5Y7.

Messages of condolence may be made to the family at

www.cherishedmemoriesfs.com. Arrangements entrusted to Cherished Memories Funeral Services Ltd.