Susan Ann Carrado Harborth

Susan Ann Harborth, 56 of Port Lavaca, passed away peacefully Friday, February 17, at Memorial Medical Center losing the battle with brain cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends. She was a member of Our Lady of The Gulf Catholic Church in Port Lavaca. Susan was born February 8, 1956 to Carmin and Violet Corrado in New York City. She married Daniel Harborth June 21, 1981 in Port O’Connor, shortly thereafter moving to Lemoore Naval Air Station in California, she became a Navy wife for the next 10 years. January 29, 1982 was a wonderful day when Susan gave birth to a daughter, Michelle Leigh at Lemoore Naval Hospital. During the time at Lemoore Naval Air station she worked as a Data Entry and Information Center Supervisor for 3 years. On June 18, 1984, another wonderful day when she gave birth to a son, Daniel Lee, Jr. In July of 1985 they were transferred to Sea Duty at Naval Air station Oceana in Virginia Beach, VA. Being a Navy wife whose husband is deployed at sea is very hard, especially with two small children, but she was a strong woman and made it. April 30, 1992 Daniel retired from the Navy and they moved to Port Lavaca. At first, she wasn’t very fond of Port Lavaca, but it grew on her, but her heart was still in New York. There were many bumps in the road, but she was a fighter and never gave up. She loved to cook, but never in small amounts. She worked at Gordon’s Restaurant in Port Lavaca for over 10 years until they closed. She was a loving wife, soul mate and mother, a homemaker by choice, chef by profession and a dear friend to all who knew her. She will be deeply missed!!

She was preceded in death by her mother, Violet Ryan of New York.

Survived by her husband of 30 years, Daniel Harborth, Sr.; daughter, Michelle Leigh Harborth; son, Daniel Harborth, Jr. and wife Amanda; 5 grandchildren, Ashton Hunter, Kendall Leann, Grace Michelle, Violet Sophia and Nikolas Anthony; 3 brothers, Tommy Corrado, Richie Corrado, Michael Ryan and wife Kim; 2 sisters, Rosemary Fradelakis and husband Andy, Patricia Licari and husband Rob, all of New York; mother-in-law, Dorothy Featherston and husband Richard of Port Lavaca; brother-in-laws, Wesley Harborth and wife Irene of Port Lavaca, Freddie Harborth and wife Nancy of Port O’Connor; 12 nieces, Raquel, Megan, Kathy, Patricia, Tesha, Kailyn, Monica, Lacy, Ayzria, Jennifer, Destina and Christina; 9 nephews, Ryan, Maximillion, Michael III, Pauly, Joey, Andy Jr., Cayleb, John and Ty.

Pallbearers will be Rudy Sanchez, Jarrod Sheffield, Brian Hall, David Taylor, Pablo Duenez and Keith McLain. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Featherston, Freddie Harborth, Wesley Harborth, Kevin Russell, John Gordon and Russell Cain.

A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 pm on Monday, February 20, 2012 at the Richardson Colonial Funeral Home. A rosary will be recited at 9:30 am with Funeral Mass to follow at 10 am on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Our Lady of The Gulf Catholic Church.

In lieu of flowers, please make contribution to Susan Harborth Memorial. An account will be setup at IBC in Port Lavaca in her memory. These contributions will be donated to the Methodist Neurological Institute c/o Pamela Z. New, MD Neuro-Oncologist, Department of Neurosurgery in Houston for research in brain cancer treatment. Thank you for your contributions and God Bless you, The Susan Harborth Family.

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Arrangements under the direction of Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home, Port Lavaca, TX.