Obituaries:  Susan Brokaw Kimmons, Sabine Parish       K-552
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 12, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Susan Brokaw Kimmons

  Susan Brokaw Kimmons, 38, of Ithaca, New York, died Thursday,
March 6, 1997, in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.,
following a brief illness. She was born in Lake Charles, the
daughter of Mary Orr Brokaw and the late Col. Clifford L. Brokaw,
Ret., USAF.

  Susan was a 1982 graduate of Northeast Louisiana University,
where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in occupational
therapy. She worked in various occupational therapy positions in
Shreveport, until 1990, when she moved to Ithaca with her
husband, who is the director of Alumni Relations at Ithaca
College. She was currently employed as an occupation therapist at
the Cayuga Medical Center, at Ithaca. In November, 1996, she
passed the medical exam that qualified her as a Certified Hand
Therapist. She was a member of the Noel Memorial Methodist Church
in Shreveport.

  In addition to her mother living in Shreveport, Susan is
survived by her husband, Stephen T. Kimmons; and their daughter,
Emily Nicole Kimmons, both at home in Ithaca; her brothers,
Clifford L. Brokaw Jr. of Many; her sister, Katherine Brokaw
Boyer of Shreveport. Susan is also survived by her mother and
father-in-law, Phyllis and Leroy Kimmons of York, Pa.; her
sister-in-law, Nancy Kimmons of Wayne, Pa.; and several other
family members.

  A celebration of Susan's life will be held Thursday, at 1 p.m.,
at Bangs Funeral Home, with Rev. Bryan L. Myers officiating.
Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Ithaca. In lieu of flowers,
donations in Susan's memory may be directed to the Susan Brokaw
Kimmons Memorial Fund, c/o Cayuga Medical Center, 101 Dates
Drive, Ithaca, N.Y., 14850. Details of a memorial service to be
held in Shreveport will be announced at a later date.