Susan Agnes Breier
February 9, 1949 - April 23, 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017 marked the passing of longtime Rancho
Cucamonga resident Susan Agnes Breier.
Susan was born February 9, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York and
moved to California with her mother, father and sisters in 1964 to Glendora,
CA. She graduated from Charter Oak High School and later from Cal Poly – Pomona
with a bachelor’s degree in English. After college, she went on to be an
Elementary teacher, but the majority of her professional career was spent with Cutter,
Miles, and Abbott Laboratories from which she retired in 2010.
Susan was a lover of music, singing, teaching and people.
She sang with the Orange County Master Chorale for many years and traveled the
world bringing her joy of music to others, and even performed in the 1984
Olympics. She supported the West End Literacy League as an adult tutor and
privately tutored friends and coworkers in reading and music. Her greatest joy
was being with her family and her numerous friends. She was a loving and
supporting soul to all and her passing leaves an emptiness in many hearts and
lives, but her life leaves all that knew her, with a warmth to last forever.
Susan is survived by sisters, Ina (Breier) Pettibone and
spouse Don, Mary (Breier) Mahoney and spouse Mike, Cynthia (Olsen) Ramsey and
spouse John, Marilyn (Olsen) Midwood and spouse Thomas, Cathy (Olsen) Vawser;
brothers, Ronald Olsen and spouse Heather. In addition are nieces, Stacy
Skubic, Jennifer Rodgers and spouse Sascha, Meredith Olsen, Anna Vawser,
Christina Vawser, Darcy Vawser and Velvet Midwood; nephews, Joseph Skubic and
spouse Trisha, Elric Mahoney, Kyle Mahoney and spouse Emily, Christopher
Mahoney and spouse Annie, Michael Mahoney Jr. and spouse Brittney, Erik Olsen,
Benjamin Vawser, Jesse Midwood, and John Midwood; great nieces and nephews,
Coen Rodgers, Jacob Rodgers, Tristan Skubic, Kayson Skubic, Torin Midwood and a
host of loving friends, many for whom she assumed the honor of sister and aunt.
She was preceded in death by her father Hans Walter Breier,
mother Alice Breier, and birth father Olaf Olsen.
A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 6,
2017 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Los Alamitos, CA. Viewing will be held from
1:00 – 1:30PM and memorial service will be at 2:00PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Susan’s name to
your local diabetes or arthritis foundations.
