I too remember a great holiday in Mablethorpe, as an older cousin sharing a flat with the four of you .All the French cricket on the beach with my father and uncle Frank being so competitive. After reading some of the memorials I so clearly recognise your mum and dad,their kindness and gentleness and wonderful sense of humour in Susan .Lovely happy memories. So sad. Love to Ted and Ben. Glennys

Our Beautiful Neighbour. Susan was such a special lady, always smiling and so very interested in other people and their lives. It cant have been easy being Deaf and having to take so much effort to understand what was said around her, every day. But Susan was always so cheerful and optimistic, her eyes just twinkling with the joy she felt in interacting with her friends. Susan was generous and thoughtful, and she loved her Ted and son Ben with all her heart. Its a huge loss for her family and precious beloved dog Sally. We will really miss her too xxxx

Honouring You Susan, sincere condolences to Ted, Ben, Hilary & your wider family & friends. Thank You for all Your encouragement, gentle, caring, patient, thoughtful, understanding, beautiful ways of being you, our loyal lovely English lady & friend. Your passion for helping others, is remembered with fondness, especially helping Deaf & Hearing impaired folk and your work with IHC people too. The love and life you shared with Kai and later with Hearing dogs Barlow & Sally. Yours & Teds love of gardening & sharing of yr home grown flowers. Yr wonderful immaculatr needlework, patchwork, a few of which i treasure & own. Thank You for yr encouragement & nuggety persistence to see Hearing Dogs NZ national training centre being established in New Plymouth, right from the beginning. Thank You both for opening your home on numerous occassions, especially the establishment committee meetings, organising events & hosting Shandy & I. You have always been an amazing lady, a great role model to myself, especially for people living with progressive deafness. I remember our many chats, cuppas, card games & outings, especially looking for suitable pieces of land for the training centre, hours and hours of fundraising & raising awareness about Hearing dogs & blazing the way, you championing the pioneering of having a Hearing Dog in NZ. Your having Hearing Dogs Barlow (the friendly but little rascal & escape artiest) and Sally (the cheeky thief) Thank You Susan for being You. We honour, respect and remember You and some of our memorable times we have shared. God speed Dear Susan. Its hard to realise the reality of your passing. Adieu, Good bye special lady & friend. Johanna (Founder of Hearing Dogs NZ) & Hearing Dog Marco & my late Hearing Dogs Shandy & Monty.

To Ted, Ben, Hilary and family, such a shock to hear that Susan had passed away . We have such fond memories of a very special friend and the many happy times we spent together all whose years ago when you lived at Draycott. The wonderful memories I have of working with Susan in Derby at the Employment Exchange and the fun we had those days. We have kept in touch all these years since and always looked onward to the Christmas newsletters. Our hearts go out to you and we send you our love. God Bless and lots of love.xx

To Ted and Ben sorry to hear of Susan's passing . We first met way back in late 2002 early 2003 due to getting involved with Hearing Dogs from almost the beginning of being here in New Plymouth. We attended and helped with all sorts of events at Hearing Dogs with many a laugh along the way. We still managed to see you over the years since . Susan you will be sorely missed . Garth and Philippa Guptill

Auntie Susan I was really upset to hear from mum that you'd passed. I've been reflecting on my memories of you over the last week or so and there's some crackers in there - remembering dropping you off about half a mile from Grandma and Granddad's house in West Bridgford when you tried to surprise them for their Golden Wedding, I remember seeing you at David's christening (and cousin Benjamin punting me into some bushes because I was silly enough to walk in front of him while he was on a swing) I remember the joy of seeing you at our wedding and how amazing it was that it worked out so perfectly that you could make it there. I remember the gift of the stuffed kiwi which Tirion crawled after around everywhere and sucked the beak of until it was quite misshapen. Mostly I remember the stories from mum of your childhood, of mum growing up with you, of Mablethorpe, of you always asking for half of mum's banana despite insisting that you didn't want one of your own - although I suspect mum did just as much banana-stealing as you did, what are sisters for after all... Auntie Susan you are much missed and will continue to be. All the best to the family.

All my love and farewell to the bravest and kindest sister I could have wished for. Your courage has inspired me and you leave the world a better place for knowing you. You defeated me at every card game with a cheeky grin and a giggle and you showed me the value of tenacity. Your commitment to sports shone through and in our last conversation just a week ago you spoke of getting up in the night to follow sporting progress in the Commonwealth Games. We will meet again and in the meantime I will continue to be inspired by your memory. All my love to Ted and Ben and Susan’s lovely friends.

Dear Ted and Ben, our shock and sadness for the sudden loss of our long standing friend Susan. Aini and Susan met at Rugby hospital having an appendectomy and we all became good friends thereafter. We had many good times together in England. We moved to Australia in '72 and a year later Ted and Susan moved to NZ. Aini remembers Susan as a very good listener and a true friend. We find it difficult to think she is no longer with us. Our loving thoughts go to Ted, Ben, Hilary and Sally. With love Howard and Aini

I first met Susan when Ben and my son Chris were each about eight months old. To my great regret I let our friendship lapse as life got busier. Now it is too late to renew it. Susan was such a lovely soul and will surely be missed by many. Condolences to Ted and Ben from myself and Graham.

Rest in peace Susan as we will remember you as a welcoming, bubbly and sunny person who always took an interest in what we were doing, Love Brian and Patti.

Sorry to hear your sad news.Please accept my condolences.Will not be able to attend the funeral as I now live in nrth Queensland at Mt Isa. Fondly remembering the good times in Straford Round Table. Lyn Jury

You will be missed Susan xx but I am sure you will be whooping it up with his that have gone before. Love to Ted xx Anne, Steve, Xanthe and Isadora

Condolences to you Ted and Ben! Aurora and I will miss seeing your smiling face on a Wednesday at Nana's house. Always so encouraging, positive and super kind to both of us. Fantastic Lady Much love to you all x

Susan I can still remember long ago holidays at Mablethorpe with the family, our dads in sports coats and flannels and granny who always wore her best hat on the beach! The sun seemed to shine all the time and we cousins had fun together. It was a pity that we never had the chance to meet up in later years. Ted, Ben and Hilary I'm so sorry for your loss. With love Judith

Bruce and I send our deepest sympathy to Ted and Ben on the loss of their beautiful wife and mother. Susan was a valued member of our Tuesday women's Mah Jong group. We had many laughs and all enjoyed the time together. Susan was a real English lady, always well groomed and looking regal. I will miss your lively wit and loving company. Rest well dear friend. Deeply admired by Diane Hinton

Growing up in Stratford, you were my mums best friend. It was almost like having another mother (who knew all my secrets!) I’m so sad to say goodbye Susan, hopefully they have indoor bowls in the next life! I’m sure you and mum will be playing up a storm xxx

Our thoughts are with you Ted, Ben and Sally. Susan will be missed by many that knew her. A beautiful, caring/understanding lady 💕 Richard and Maree

Susan was a valued member of the Merrilands Indoor Bowling Club being awarded 25 year membership in 2017. For four years, from 2008 – 2011, she was the Secretary. In 2008 Susan was the Lead in the winning Championship Triples team and in 2010 and 2011 she was the Two in the winning Championship Fours teams. Susan chose to give up bowls to stay at home with her new hearing dog, Sally, who didn’t like being home alone. However, Susan continued to attend our twice yearly social gatherings with Ted and stay in touch with our members. We have happy memories of the fun-loving and friendly person Susan was and extend our heartfelt sympathy to Ted and Ben on her sudden passing. Vivienne Jones Secretary Merrilands Indoor Bowling Club

Fond memories of working with Susan at St Aubyn St ihc.My thoughts are with her family

Ted, Ben and Hillary, I send my heart felt condolences at this sad time. I'm so pleased we were able to meet when you visited the UK. Jane

Our deepest sympathy Ted,Ben and Susans family.Will catch up as soon as able but meanwhile our love to you all as know you will miss her greatly. Roger(Dave)and Kay Davie.

I meet Susan a couple of years back but in that short time I came to see her as a caring and gentle woman, who did not speak ill of anyone. We had many laughs every fortnight when Susan, Carol, Jen and myself played cards or board games. I will always remember the 'table talk' that went on when playing 500 along with that cheeky laugh! Susan was a very good Rummikub player as well, and we spent many hours enjoying that. Susan also took the time to assist in teaching me to play Mahjong, another game she was good at and enjoyed. Susan, you will be missed by all who knew and loved you, including Sally, but even more greatly by Ted and Ben, the very significant men in your life. The memories of you will forever stay in the hearts of those you shared your life with. Thank you for sharing your fun, laughter, and friendship.

To Ted and family, so sorry to hear of Susans ( my birthday buddy) sudden passing. We extend our sincere sympathy to you all. Pauline and Dennis

Goodmorning from Australia.. First of all my heart goes out to , Ted, Ben and Hillary who we heard so much about. Susan has been a huge part of my life growing up , the closest thing to an aunt living nearby .. We were and are still pseudo families, because of the beautiful friendship our parents made. Our holidays of a fond childhood memory in Urenui... I remember thinking boy they are so lucky in their caravan.. Susan could see the best things in people, often her words of encouragement or realisation were so on point. With a laugh so infectious. I remember her craft work, raising funds for guide /hearing dogs... Morning teas were always a treat together with mum ..fish and chips at beach, a simple connection of family bonds. Susan will forever hold a special place in my heart and I'm so grateful to have seen her Ted and Ben in the last couple of months and their precious fur baby.. Rest in peace beautiful lady ... We will be comforted as you are only a whisper away We remain Always a family ❤ Annie Get Outlook for Android

Susan, my lovely friend. Two Nottingham girls living across the field from each other in faraway New Zealand. I will miss you. Until we meet again. With love. Felicity Murray.

To Ted & Family. I was saddened to hear that Susan had passed. She was a very friendly lady & will be missed by many. Kind Regards Lyn Kindberg

Dear Ted, We were shocked to learn of Susan's sudden and unexpected death, only days after we first met her. We are pleased that we were able to meet her on the Friday evening (11th) and we both thought that she was lovely. So, we are devastated for you with this subsequent shock, so soon after seeing her so jovial and seemingly well. Hence, you are in our thoughts and prayers as you grieve at this sad time. There's a saying that, "Death ends an earthly life, but not a relationship". So we trust that you will have lots of ongoing good memories. Kind regards, Ian and Jill

Auntie Susan there are no words adequate to express how we’re feeling over here in the UK. We mourn with you Ted and Ben, you are etched on our hearts. Distance means everything and at the same time nothing. We thank God for Auntie Susan, her life and the love and treasured friendship she has given to so many xxx much love, Liz, Ed, Isla and Gideon (Leeds, UK) x

Dear Ted and Ben I was saddened to read of your loss of susan! Such a lovely lady!

Susan, you have been my closest friend for over 70 years. Time and distance were no boundary to our friendship. You have left so many happy memories along with a great void in my heart. Rest well my dear friend until we meet again. In deepest sadness, love Carol and Ron x