Susan C. Bretsch

The daughter of Glenn and Edna Bretsch, Sue grew up in Colonie, NY.

She was a graduate of the State University College at Potsdam, NY and later received her MA from the State University College at New Paltz, NY.

She began her teaching career in the Wappinger Central School District in 1969. For 28 years she taught at Brinkerhoff Elementary School in Fishkill NY teaching 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. She completed the last five years of her career as an Enrichment Teacher.

Because of her love of local history, she served as a trustee on the board of Fishkill Historical Society at the Van Wyck Homestead. She served on the administrative board as a Deacon at the Fishkill United Methodist Church and First Reform Church of Fishkill, NY and later served on the Administrative Board of Trinity United Methodist Church when she moved to N. Myrtle Beach, SC.

She is survived by her two cousins Hal Seamon and Henry Seamon and their wives and children.

A memorial service will be held on November 9, 2022 at Fishkill Reformed Church,1153 Main Street, Fishkill, New York at 11:00am.

Memorial donations in memory of Sue can be made to Fishkill Reformed Church, Fishkill, NY.

WOW!

I was the chosen baby of Glenn and Edna Bretsch. They picked me out (I smiled at my dad) at two months and they brought me home at five months just in time for Christmas.

I had music in my life for the happiest moments and the saddest moments and all the other moments in between.

- I sang in the car with Mom and Dad.

- I got to take piano lessons!

- I got to take flute lessons!

- I sang in Church Choirs everywhere I lived! (Pine Grove

Methodist Church – Junior and Senior Choir Fishkill

Methodist Church!

- I also played in the Bell Choir at First Reformed Church of

Fishkill!

- I even got to play my flute with the choir of Ocean Drive

Presbyterian Church, N. Myrtle Beach

- With my three High School Choirs (Concert, Girls Choir

and Select Choir), I got to sing at the World’s Fair in NY.

- For the past 5 years I’ve sung in the All-City Choir of N.

Myrtle Beach doing Christmas Cantatas and Fourth of July

Cantata.

- AND I played the flute (with much laughter) with the

Faculty Band at Brinkerhoff Elementary School.

I got to be a camp counselor for seven summers (High School and college) at Ben Beckers camp Nassau he was Muhammad Ali's Olympic boxing coach, I taught swimming for the first summer and then was the counselor for the Seminole Girls (5 year old on their way to First Grade)

I got my love of gardening from Mom (flowers) and Dad (vegetables).

I had my own vegetable garden by seven or eight years old and I grew tomatoes in North Myrtle Beach.

My first project as a volunteer at the North Strand Housing Shelter was creating a butterfly garden with the ladies of the shelter and two of their children.

I had faith in my life another gift for mom and dad growing up in a church family with Sunday school church suppers map of youth fellowship as an adult I was blessed by close relationships with favorite Pastors (David Houston, Gloria McCanna, Rod Koopmans, Peter Durkee, Steve Brown, Eric Titus and Darrell Bush)

I WAS BORN TO BE A TEACHER!!!

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.leefhandcrematory.com for the Bretsch family.