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1/27/98
Susan Geisler
Susan Probasco Geisler, 51, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Bloomington, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 1998 at Sarasota.
Her memorial service was Sunday at Siesta Key Chapel, Sarasota. Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, had charge of arrangements.
An endowment scholarship has been established in her name and donations may be made to Rollins College, Office of Planned Giving, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, Fla. 32789, or American Lung Association, 2201 Canter Court, Suite 119, Sarasota Fla. 34232.
Mrs. Geisler was born Aug. 8, 1946, at Bloomington, a daughter of Lewis L. and Barbara Wells Probasco. She married Alan Geisler. He survives.
Other survivors include her father, Sarasota, Fla.; a daughter, Ruth H. Thompson, Houston, Texas; and two brothers, Ralph Lambert, Franklin, NC, and Ed Lambert, Kankakee.
Her mother preceded her in death.
She attended Bloomington public schools through her junior year of high school before moving to Sarasota 35 years ago from Bloomington. She was an alumna of Rollins College in Winter Park, where she graduated with a liberal arts degree.
She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and Siesta Key Chapel Presbyterian Church, Sarasota. She spent her summers with her family on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.
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Jack Habich
Understandably, Suzy was not keen about being uprooted to Florida after her junior year at BHS. With time, she adjusted. She sat in front of me in a few classes, and we had some heavy duty discussions. She was real bright and vibrant and kept me on my toes.For a couple of years after she left, she was sharply interested in what was going on at BHS and around Bloomington. Altogether, we stayed in contact for 25-30 years. I remember her letters with the distinctively smooth handwriting, mostly with blue fountain pen ink.
I was dissapointed when she was a no-show for the '94 reunion, and stunned in '99 when I heard she had passed.
For me, she was more than just a person that passed through my life...she made an impact.
Emmalyn Dickinson
I had a special bond with Suzy in the fact that our mothers were in the hospital at the same time and Suzy and I were roomies in the nursery at Mennonite hospital. We reconnected at Washington Junior High School.She was a beautiful person and, like Jack, I was shocked when she died.
I have very fond memories of her and her family.