- Service
Graveside memorial service
Sunday, June 11th at 10am.
Garrison Temple near Keenes, IL.
- Full Obituary
On Tuesday, June 6th, 2023, Susan Opal Emmons-Kroeger, loving sister, mother, aunt, and grandmother passed away at the age of 80.
Susan was born on March 30th, 1943, in San Diego, CA to Harriet Ellis Emmons and Noble Mitchell Emmons.
Susan was a graduate of the University of Illinois, in Champaign and Rosary College of Oak Park. She had a lifelong love of books and was the proud owner of BookLovers & Co in Westmont, IL. Later in life, she had a distinguished career as Head Reader’s Advisor and Librarian at Lisle Library. She took pride in organizing community events and hosted many renowned authors.
After she retired, she moved back to her cherished home in the country in Keenes, IL. She had a great respect for her family’s history. It brought her much joy to live on the land previously owned by her grandparents, John Henry and Winnie Susan (Cameron) Ellis. She built her home on the same site as he beloved Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary (Ellis) Edmison.
She is preceded in death; by her daughter Maija Kroeger, loving sisters Sharon Emmons and Doris Owen, and her cousin Conrad Ellis Shaw.
She is survived by her loving sister Benita K. Black, her daughters Renee Mitchell (Albert Rago) and Danielle Kamis (Cenk Kamis), and her grandchildren Jon and Katie Mitchell, Alex and Aiden Kamis as well as her many nieces and nephews.
A graveside memorial will be held at Garrison Temple on Sunday, June 11th at 10am.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.meridithfuneralhome.com.
Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home, Cisne, IL
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