Susie K Rudd

Susan "Susie" K. Rudd, 45, of Meadville, passed away at Meadville Medical Center on Monday, January 7, 2013, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born in Meadville a daughter of Robert E. Rudd and Joan L. Mix Rudd. Susie was a 1988 graduate of Meadville Senior High School. She was employed in the housekeeping department at UCIP. She was of the Christian faith and had attended the New Beginnings Church of God in Meadville. She enjoyed arts and crafts, shopping, sewing, music, and playing the guitar. She was very active with UCIP and the ARC. She had taught sign language to preschoolers in Crawford County. She especially enjoyed camping with her friends. Susie will be most remembered for her kind heart, caring and considerate nature, her happiness and love for life, and her joyous laughter. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Susie is survived by her father Robert Earl Rudd and his wife Viola Yvonne of Cochranton; a brother Robert C. Rudd and his fiancee Amy Savacheck (her caregiver and close friend since 2004) of Meadville; half-brother Scott Hessler and his wife Cindy of Saint Augustine, FL; a step-brother Aaron Shkuratoff of Meadville; a close friend Diane Gigone of Meadville; 5 nieces and nephews, Amanda Doubet Smith, Scott Alan Rudd, Jennifer Doubet Maloney, Troy Rudd, Rian Doubet; nine great-nieces and great-nephews; and her many friends at UCIP, the ARC, and the Meadville and surrounding areas. She was preceded in death by her mother Joan Lorraine Rudd and a brother Tracey Alan Rudd. Visitation will be held Friday at Hatheway-Tedesco Funeral Home, 614 Baldwin Street, from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the Memorial Service at 2:00 p.m., officiated by Pastor David Brumagin, Meadville Medical Center Chaplain. Memorial contributions may be made to the UCIP, 17999 Cussewago Road, Meadville, PA 16335 or to the American Cancer Society, 2115 W 38th St., Erie, PA 16508. Please sign the guestbook at www.hatheway-tedesco.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Hatheway-Tedesco Funeral Home and Crematory, 614 Baldwin Street, Meadville.