Mother, homemaker, nurturer, educator and friend would light up the room everywhere she went
Mary Susan “Sue” Voigt passed away peacefully at her home on July 12, 2022, after living graciously and courageously with multiple myeloma for approximately 11 and a half years and finally succumbing to the brain disease PML. Sue was always very vibrant, strong, upbeat and independent. She was determined that her illness would not define her; she would define how she lived with her illness. She was determined to live her life to the fullest, all while driving herself to chemo two days a week, three weeks on and one week off for seven and a half years. She got up each morning, put on her makeup, did her hair, dressed herself elegantly and drove herself to the hospital. If anyone asked why she was so well dressed for chemo, she said it was her job, and then she would do a little jig while singing a few bars of “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees. Sue was born on June 1, 1951, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of William and Lorraine Daley Beake. Sue was a graduate of Kinnelon High School, class of 1969, and briefly attended Trinity College of Vermont before leaving to marry the love of her life, Dennis Voigt, on December 20, 1970, in Burlington, Vt., and to pursue her passion and primary vocation as mother, homemaker, nurturer, educator and friend to everyone she met. Sue always said she was a doer, not a sitter. And that she was. In addition to raising eight children including one grandson, she found time to have a daycare in her home for children of friends and neighbors. She was an avid La Leche League leader. She sold Tupperware to supplement the family income when Dennis was founding his accounting practice and became one of the top managers for Tupperware. Sue was highly intelligent and a true intellectual, which was clearly evident as she homeschooled four of their seven children. Sue was, in every sense of the word, a true partner in the development and growth of the family business. She was a true confidante and sounding board in virtually every decision related to the business. Dennis always called her the “chairman of the board.” Sue did not seek the limelight, but the limelight often found her, as with the time that she spontaneously asked Dennis to drop her off at the Burlington airport for a breastfeeding awareness sit-in,…
Mother, homemaker, nurturer, educator and friend would light up the room everywhere she went
Mary Susan “Sue” Voigt passed away peacefully at her home on July 12, 2022, after living graciously and courageously with multiple myeloma for approximately 11 and a half years and finally succumbing to the brain disease PML. Sue was always very vibrant, strong, upbeat and independent. She was determined that her illness would not define her; she would define how she lived with her illness. She was determined to live her life to the fullest, all while driving herself to chemo two days a week, three weeks on and one week off for seven and a half years. She got up each morning, put on her makeup, did her hair, dressed herself elegantly and drove herself to the hospital. If anyone asked why she was so well dressed for chemo, she said it was her job, and then she would do a little jig while singing a few bars of “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees. Sue was born on June 1, 1951, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of William and Lorraine Daley Beake. Sue was a graduate of Kinnelon High School, class of 1969, and briefly attended Trinity College of Vermont before leaving to marry the love of her life, Dennis Voigt, on December 20, 1970, in Burlington, Vt., and to pursue her passion and primary vocation as mother, homemaker, nurturer, educator and friend to everyone she met. Sue always said she was a doer, not a sitter. And that she was. In addition to raising eight children including one grandson, she found time to have a daycare in her home for children of friends and neighbors. She was an avid La Leche League leader. She sold Tupperware to supplement the family income when Dennis was founding his accounting practice and became one of the top managers for Tupperware. Sue was highly intelligent and a true intellectual, which was clearly evident as she homeschooled four of their seven children. Sue was, in every sense of the word, a true partner in the development and growth of the family business. She was a true confidante and sounding board in virtually every decision related to the business. Dennis always called her the “chairman of the board.” Sue did not seek the limelight, but the limelight often found her, as with the time that she spontaneously asked Dennis to drop her off at the Burlington airport for a breastfeeding awareness sit-in,…
