Remembering Suzanne Stewart

Suzanne passed away two months ago after fighting cancer for more than five years. Most of our members will remember her as the trainer for our 40th anniversary Bay-to-Breakers run in 2013. Many of us including Marda and Gilda continued our walk/run training with Suzanne for a couple more years until she came down with cancer. Suzanne was very athletic and participated in many training programs. She had led a small hard core group for many years that started at five in the morning and finished six thirty. I still remember she could do a one hand push up.

Suzanne was born in San Francisco 1957, raised in Orange County and was a graduate of Cal State Fullerton. She moved to San Francisco soon after finishing college and never looked back. She had one son who moved back to SF to be near her during her last years and a brother who took care of her in her last months.

Suzanne worked in the field of design for many years and later worked independently as a color consultant as well as an interior designer. She joined OWA in the nineties and served on the OWA Steering Committee. She was also a docent with SFMOMA and passionate and knowledgeable about modern art. She used her artistic talent in her beautiful succulent garden.

Rachel Sloniki and I are neighbors with Suzanne and being close by,
we could visit her and hang out when she became less mobile. We will miss our good trainer, tea in the garden and her fun spirit.