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Suzi Guy |
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February 16, 1966 ~ October 30, 2016 |
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November 10, 2016 |
 Suzi
Guy, 50, left this world October 30, 2016, in
Shafter, California, after a life-long battle
with heart and lung complications she endured
since birth. A wake will be held in Suzi's honor
at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 19, at the Eagles
Lodge in Bonners Ferry.
It has been requested that if anyone has
pictures of her, they please bring them for
display at her memorial. Donations are also
welcome to help with her final arrangements.
Suzi entered this world on February 16, 1966, to
Donald Guy and Kathy Guy in Edmonton,
Washington. She had two main loves in life;
music, anything from rhythm and blues to rock,
and motorcycles. She loved the wind in her hair
and always said she never felt more free than
she did when she was on the back of a bike.
Anyone she met became her friend and many of her
friends became family to her. Suzi had a unique
and deep appreciation for her life.
She knew that she was living on borrowed time
and she didn't let a moment go to waste. She
also greatly enjoyed serving her community when
her health allowed her to do so.
After graduating Bonners Ferry High School in
1985, Suzi began bartending all over Kootenai
and Boundary Counties. She continued being an
outstanding bartender until 2008.
In 2004, she decided to provide a different
service to not only her community, but to people
in general. She completed her CNA course and
began working at Boundary Community Hospital
until her illness became too much for her and
she received a diagnosis of congestive heart
failure.
From then on, she chose to love her life and do
what needed to be done. Suzi always had a
positive attitude no matter what was happening.
Although she struggled with health issues, she
was still driven to "feel useful." She was an
active member of Bonners Ferry Eagles Auxiliary
3522 since 1993. She was social room server as
well as Madame Secretary for a number of years.
It was through the Eagles that she felt the most
useful, and she always had laughs and hugs for
everyone who walked through those doors.
When someone was experiencing a crisis, Suzi
always had words of logic and reassurance to
soften the heart of those in need. She was
famous for saying "toodles" rather than goodbye.
When asked why she did this, she would smile and
say that good-bye was forever, and because she
was unwilling to part ways with anyone forever,
she always said "toodles."
Suzi is survived by her brother, Frank,
sister-in-law Monica, nieces and nephews
Felicia, Sammy and Victoria, great niece and
nephew Nelly and Bruce, her sister Theresa Guy,
niece Rachel, great nephews Zachary and Trevor
and nephew Donnie Fallis of Rathdrum.
Suzi now has her arms around her son, Joshua
Allen, who she never got to hold because he died
prematurely. She is also welcomed by her parents
as well as many others who have taken this
eternal walk before her.
So even though many of us here are suffering
from the loss in our hearts and lives, the
heavenly realms have acquired a mother, a
daughter and an angel.
Suzi will truly be missed, but we can rest
assured that she is free without the burden of
heart complications and that she is more
"useful" now than she got the chance to be while
here on Earth. |
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