In Memory Of
Susan Caroline Bradshaw
1948
2022
Susan Caroline Bradshaw
August 11, 1948 — August 10, 2022
Susan Caroline Bradshaw
August 11, 1948 – August 10, 2022
Susan Caroline Bradshaw died peacefully at home in Maitland, FL on Wednesday August 10th, 2022 after a three-year battle with neuroendocrine cancer. She was just one day shy of her 74th Birthday.
Susan retired in 2019 after successful careers in publishing, advertising and most recently selling large format graphics for Olympus Group. She was independent, gutsy and fun-loving with an infectious laugh. Professionally, she was a no-nonsense, tough, hard-working, talented advocate for her customers. She loved to cook and entertain. Her dinner parties were not to be missed. She loved to travel all over the world. She was an avid reader and a whiz with any kind of crossword or mind puzzle. She treated shopping as an art form. She had a unique sense of style blending elegant silks, linens, shoes and handbags to create her own coastal French look. Of course, this required the need for one more shopping trip!
She nurtured and cherished her friends. She was generous and a stickler for hand-written "Thank You" notes. She would go the extra mile to help a friend or a customer in need. And she was always up for a travel adventure even if it might endanger her life. On a trip to Peru, she was preparing to board a train when the carriage that she had reservations for was blown up by the Shining Path.
Susan was born in Upper Darby, Delaware County, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. In her early teens Susan moved to Ormond Beach, FL when her father joined the NASA space program.
After graduating Seabreeze High School, she elected to go to the all-women's Wesleyan College in Macon, GA because "it was" she said, "as far away from home as her father would allow." There she formed several life-long friends, survived a campus lockdown due to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, and witnessed the city's outpouring of grief over the death of Otis Redding.
After graduating and receiving an award for literature, Susan was selected to attend the Publishing Procedures course run by Helen Venn at Radcliffe College. At the course she met Cindy Packard Richmond, the daughter of "Hidden Persuaders' ' author Vance Packard. The two became fast friends and at the end of the course they moved to East 52nd Street New York where Susan went to work for Conde Nast. The apartment they shared was above a veterinary clinic for wealthy, famous New Yorkers. To earn extra money they would help out at the weekends. One night Susan received a call from Zsa Zsa Gabor asking to speak to her dog.
Although excited by her work, when Cindy got married and left New York; Susan decided to move south first to Atlanta, then to Savannah and finally to Orlando. Along the way, she fearlessly changed careers from publishing, to advertising, to hotel marketing and finally to the graphics industry. Her intelligence, experience and determination made her successful with each new challenge.
In 2008 Susan met her husband William Brown. The two fell immediately in love and were inseparable, bonded by love for each other, friends, food, fun and travel. After Susan was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2018, they both retired so that they would spend as much time together traveling for as long as possible. Thanks to the amazing talents of her oncologist Dr. Jason Starr of the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, they were able to enjoy three years of travel with overseas trips to UK, Ireland and Turks & Caicos, as well as several trips to Martha's Vineyard, California, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
In April 2022, Susan learned that the cancer had returned aggressively. She stoically faced up to reality, refusing to allow any drama surrounding her fate. With the loving care of Vitas' hospice team and her husband she was able to remain at home until the end.
Susan is survived by her husband William Brown, her step-daughter Kaia Brown, her sister Jane Bradshaw and her half-sister Joyce McGrane.
In lieu of flowers we ask friends to make a donation to their favorite charity or to Susan's favorite charity https://micheleepuppets.org
August 11, 1948 – August 10, 2022
Susan Caroline Bradshaw died peacefully at home in Maitland, FL on Wednesday August 10th, 2022 after a three-year battle with neuroendocrine cancer. She was just one day shy of her 74th Birthday.
Susan retired in 2019 after successful careers in publishing, advertising and most recently selling large format graphics for Olympus Group. She was independent, gutsy and fun-loving with an infectious laugh. Professionally, she was a no-nonsense, tough, hard-working, talented advocate for her customers. She loved to cook and entertain. Her dinner parties were not to be missed. She loved to travel all over the world. She was an avid reader and a whiz with any kind of crossword or mind puzzle. She treated shopping as an art form. She had a unique sense of style blending elegant silks, linens, shoes and handbags to create her own coastal French look. Of course, this required the need for one more shopping trip!
She nurtured and cherished her friends. She was generous and a stickler for hand-written "Thank You" notes. She would go the extra mile to help a friend or a customer in need. And she was always up for a travel adventure even if it might endanger her life. On a trip to Peru, she was preparing to board a train when the carriage that she had reservations for was blown up by the Shining Path.
Susan was born in Upper Darby, Delaware County, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. In her early teens Susan moved to Ormond Beach, FL when her father joined the NASA space program.
After graduating Seabreeze High School, she elected to go to the all-women's Wesleyan College in Macon, GA because "it was" she said, "as far away from home as her father would allow." There she formed several life-long friends, survived a campus lockdown due to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, and witnessed the city's outpouring of grief over the death of Otis Redding.
After graduating and receiving an award for literature, Susan was selected to attend the Publishing Procedures course run by Helen Venn at Radcliffe College. At the course she met Cindy Packard Richmond, the daughter of "Hidden Persuaders' ' author Vance Packard. The two became fast friends and at the end of the course they moved to East 52nd Street New York where Susan went to work for Conde Nast. The apartment they shared was above a veterinary clinic for wealthy, famous New Yorkers. To earn extra money they would help out at the weekends. One night Susan received a call from Zsa Zsa Gabor asking to speak to her dog.
Although excited by her work, when Cindy got married and left New York; Susan decided to move south first to Atlanta, then to Savannah and finally to Orlando. Along the way, she fearlessly changed careers from publishing, to advertising, to hotel marketing and finally to the graphics industry. Her intelligence, experience and determination made her successful with each new challenge.
In 2008 Susan met her husband William Brown. The two fell immediately in love and were inseparable, bonded by love for each other, friends, food, fun and travel. After Susan was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2018, they both retired so that they would spend as much time together traveling for as long as possible. Thanks to the amazing talents of her oncologist Dr. Jason Starr of the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, they were able to enjoy three years of travel with overseas trips to UK, Ireland and Turks & Caicos, as well as several trips to Martha's Vineyard, California, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
In April 2022, Susan learned that the cancer had returned aggressively. She stoically faced up to reality, refusing to allow any drama surrounding her fate. With the loving care of Vitas' hospice team and her husband she was able to remain at home until the end.
Susan is survived by her husband William Brown, her step-daughter Kaia Brown, her sister Jane Bradshaw and her half-sister Joyce McGrane.
In lieu of flowers we ask friends to make a donation to their favorite charity or to Susan's favorite charity https://micheleepuppets.org
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