Our Class Suffers Another Loss

We lost another one of our class recently. I had some of her children when I taught school. Her brother Mike was on our basketball and track teams our senior year. I also taught her two youngest sisters and many of her nephews. Our condolences, sympathies, and prayers go out to the family. If you go to this website (http://www.rudesfuneralhome.com/index.php?option=com_obituary&task=details&oid=748), you can sign the guestbook.


Susan M. Zimmerman
Mar 14 1951 - May 07 2010
Susan M. Zimmerman, 59, Brookings died Friday, May 07, 2010 at the Brookings Health System. Funeral services have been sent for 10:30am Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings. Visitation will be held Monday, May 10, 2010 at Rude’s Funeral Home from 4:00pm to 7:00pm with a Liturgical Wake service beginning at 6:30pm Susan M. Redmond was born on March 14, 1951, in Brookings, South Dakota the daughter of Kenneth and Mary (Collins) Redmond. She received her education in the Brookings Schools and was a graduate of the Brookings High School in 1969. She continued her education at Stewarts School of Hairstyling in Sioux Falls, SD. Sue was united in marriage to Gail Zimmerman on July 12, 1975. She was employed at the Carousel and Scissor Shanty for many years. She was presently employed at MTR in Brookings. She was a member of the St. Thomas More Catholic Parish of Brookings. She enjoyed traveling, camping, arranging flowers, gardening, cross stitching, decorating, cooking and baking and walking her dogs. She also enjoyed spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren.Susan is survived by her husband Gail of Brookings; her children, Toby (Alicia) Zimmerman of Bruce, SD, Tennille S. (Richard) Taylor of Stratford, SD, Gayle Dean (Butch) Rodman of Antioch, CA; her grandchildren Tage, Taryn and Lanell; her mother Mary Redmond of Brookings; one brother Mike (June) Redmond of Brookings, SD; five sisters Becky (Don) Salonen of Sioux Falls, SD, Betty Steen of Sioux Falls, SD, Teresa (Randy) McLagan of Brookings, SD, Lori (Butch) Oseby of Crooks, SD, Mary Frances Redmond of Minneapolis, MN; two uncles Bob (Ginny) Collins, John Collins; cousins Vaughn (Joe) Ripley, Rex Collin and many relatives.She was preceded in death by her father and one daughter Tennille M. Zimmerman.