Suzanne Deimerly, 80, of Clarion passed away Monday, November 22, 2021 at
MercyOne Hospice House in Johnston, Iowa.
Private funeral services will be held.
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Visitation will be held on Friday, November 26, 2021 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
without family present due to COVID-19 concerns, at Ewing Funeral Home, 1801
Central Avenue East in Clarion. Rosary service will began at 4:00 PM with
scriptural wake beginning at 5:30 PM.
Those in attendance will be asked to follow social distancing guidelines and
encouraged to wear a face covering.
Suzanne was born on August 31, 1941, in Clarion, Iowa, to Raymond and Margaret
Stackland Deimerly. She was the oldest of their five children, and grew up on
the family farm in Wall Lake township.
She attended Wall Lake # 2 through the eighth grade and graduated from Clarion
High School in 1958. Suzanne received her Bachelor of Arts degree and Iowa
teaching certificate from the State College of Iowa (now the University of
Northern Iowa) in 1962. The remarkable thing about Suzanne's education was how
compressed it was. She started kindergarten at the age of 4, completed
kindergarten and first grade in the same year, graduated from high school when
she was 16, and began teaching at the age of 20.
Suzanne was a lifelong educator. She taught third and fourth grades in the
Algona Community School District for 39 years. Upon her retirement she moved to
Clarion where she privately tutored many students in reading, language arts, and
math.
She was an active member of St. John's Catholic Church, particularly with the
church's social justice work, and she served as a Heartland Museum board member.
Suzie was an avid reader and had a book wherever she went just in case she had
some "downtime." She followed all sports but was partial to the Chicago Cubs.
Suzie also enjoyed cooking (her family were benefactors of her homemade jams,
pickles, and chex mixes), collecting cookbooks, crocheting, her flower garden,
and traveling. Throughout the years she spent much time with her sister Rosemary
in Chicago and traveled throughout the United States and Europe.
Suzanne's nieces and nephews will fondly remember the trips she took them on to
Des Moines and Chicago to see the Cubs play and go to the museums, zoos, and
other attractions. She was a special aunt, almost another grandmother, to her
nieces Erica and Blaire.
Suzanne was preceded in death by her parents and sister Rosemary Deimerly.
She is survived by siblings Trish (Kent) Perry of Ankeny, Joan (Dennis)
Dougherty of Belmond, and Robert (Kathy) Deimerly of Clarion; nephews Mark,
Phil, Brad, and Eric Dougherty; nieces Erin Perry, Erica Lindaman, and Blaire
Blake; seventeen great-nieces and -nephews; and her beloved cat Tillie.
Suzanne's family wishes to extend appreciation to her many home care providers
following her diagnosis of dementia. In lieu of flowers, we request that
memorial contributions be made to the Wright County Humane Society, Heartland
Museum in Clarion, or the Johnston Hospice House, 5820 Winwood Drive, Johnston,
IA 50131.