Susan D. Gordon (Diehl) age 69, of Orangeville passed away on Friday February 16, 2018 at Monroe Clinic Hospice Home from complications with MS and diabetes. She was born on August 3, 1948 in Aurora, Il to William and Evelyn (Behrens) Diehl. She married Virgil Gordon on August 3, 2003. Virgil and Susan shared the same birthdates, Virgil being 18 hours older. Susan often said she liked older men. She was a school teacher for 30 plus years teaching third thru six grades at J.B. Nelson School in Batavia where she attended school as a child. She chaperoned and sponsored many field trips and went to the Abraham Lincoln Home and museums in Springfield, IL

She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She was the first woman president of the Lena Lions Club, also Fall Festival Chairwoman and a lifelong Ladies Legion Auxillary member in Batavia. In her spare time she liked to write poems. Susan read a poem she wrote at the memorial services that was aired on national TV in honor of the dog Sirus, who lost his life at the 911 Twin Towers attack. And her class at the J.B. Nelson Grade School in Batavia made a patchwork Quilt for President Gerald R. Ford, and that Quilt is on display in the Batavia Museum. Susan enjoyed taking walks and bowling, and she once bowled a 299.

She is survived by her husband Virgil Gordon of Orangeville, stepson Tim Gordon of Orangeville, 3 sons; Andrew, David and Tim Brozenec of Phoenix, AZ. daughter Meghan Brozenec of N. Aurora, IL. 2 brothers; Dennis (Cathy) Diehl of Batavia, IL and James (Donna) Diehl of Bloomington, IL. Also surviving is one niece and one great niece and numerous cousins. Susan was loved by many friends.

A visitation will be held from 4 PM to 8 PM Friday April 13 2018 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lena IL.

A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 AM. Saturday April 14, 2018 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lena Il. Pastor Miho Yasukawa will officiate.

A memorial has been established for a Lions Leader Dog.