On Sept 22nd, Susan peacefully left this world. She was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul in 1945, graduated from So. Saint Paul high school in 1963 and the University of Minnesota in 1967. She administered several social websites in which she communicated news and history of her family with love, style, and wit. She was determined to set things right to leave the world a better place. She carried strong, moral beliefs with a sharp mind courageously into her last days. She is survived by her husband of 54 years Spencer, her two siblings - Mary Fritz and Bruce Vannelli, sons Benjamin (Nicole), Tim (Jessica Hackner), and three grandchildren - Spencer Joseph (22), Walter (19), and Larsen (15)

 Memorial Visitation 1-3 pm Thursday, October 8. 2026 at White Funeral Home 14560 Pennock Ave., Apple Valley, MN

The unofficial historian of friends, family, & South St Paul.

Books were with her from an early age, but college is where she took her love of literature to an academic level. Naturally she majored in English at the University of Minnesota. She loved critical thinking and instilled this in friends, family, and letters to the editor of local newspapers.

Family life was no excuse to stop her self-expression. Between being a loving mother and working she volunteered for parent teacher associations (and created a PTO from scratch), sang in the Dakota Valley Symphony & Chorus, organized family book clubs, helped organize the Festa Italiana and "Cousin's" parties at DeGidio's which gathered extended family who grew up on the levee to St Paul. She attended such gatherings wearing the latest in fashion usually from JCPenney (and insisted that her kids be well dressed on every possible occasion). But wasn't above writing skits for family anniversaries, birthday parties, and mock weddings which included silly costumes & song.