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Susan S. Fuhrer

May 19, 1956 ~ January 5, 2016 (age 59) 59 Years Old
Enter obituary information here. Sue S. Fuhrer, 59, of Fox Chapel died on January 5th. She was a loving and devoted mother, sister, aunt, and friend and will be missed by all who knew her. She was known to the Pittsburgh community as an enthusiastic home stager as well as a passionate volunteer at The Clothes Line resale store in Shadyside, which benefits Magee Women's Hospital. Sue graduated from Plum Senior High School in Plum Borough in 1974 and from Clarion University in 1978, where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. She worked for Equibank in Downtown Pittsburgh for several years before starting a family and becoming a volunteer. Five years ago, she started SSF Home Designs, a home staging business. Sue loved gardening, decorating, dancing, celebrating holidays -- especially Christmas -- spending time with her daughters, designing windows at the Clothes Line, vacationing at Cape Cod, Florida and numerous other destinations, cheering for her hometown Steelers, and playing with her dogs. Mostly, she enjoyed having fun and helping those she loved. She is survived by her daughters, Jessica Fuhrer of Forest Hills and Molly Fuhrer of Chicago, her brother, Ronald Scarton of Hermitage, Pa., her sisters, Dana Scarton of Washington, D.C., and Jennifer Scarton Malof of Cincinnati, Oh., nieces Katie Scarton of Hermitage and Eliza Lucas of Cincinnati, nephews Zachary, Jacob, and Samuel Scarton of Hermitage and Nate Lucas of Cincinnati, her step-mother Nancy Scarton of Oakland, two stepbrothers, Gordon Rankin of Cincinnati and Bruce Rankin of Annapolis, Md., her beloved pups, Lola and Lexi and her cats, Bella and Baby. Visitation will be held from 2-6pm on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at English Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 378 Maryland Ave., Oakmont, Pa., 15139. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2016 at St. Pio Parish St. Edward Church, Blawnox. Everyone please meet at church. A private family burial will follow at Plum Creek Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Richard J. Scarton Trumpet Chair at the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or to the Clothes Line, 4804 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Online condolences may be made to: www.englishfuneralhome.com



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