Susan Barnett

Workman

Susan Barnett Workman, 77, of Thomasville, slept away during the night of February 21, 2023 after a 3 - year struggle with ever advancing dementia. The picture above completely personifies who she was: a big old dog, a cat, a lovely smile, a grand-daughter (who turned 12 last week), and something agreeable in her glass.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Patricia Ahls, but is survived by; her husband of 54 years, Phil, her daughters, Heather (Parks) of Tallahassee, FL, Holly (Jacob) of Atlanta, GA, five grand-children, her sister Betsy (Jim) of Homosassa, FL, her faithful bloodhound/black and tan hound, and a host of nephews and nieces, cousins and friends.

Susan was born in Cincinnati, OH, but grew up in the far western New York village of Warsaw. She graduated from Warsaw High School in 1964, Hiram College in Hiram, OH in 1968, and she earned a Masters Degree in Rehabilative Counseling from the University of South Florida in Tampa. She worked for 25 years at the Ruth Cooper Mental Health Center in Fort Meyers, FL, in a combination of administrative and direct-service positions. Those who knew her will remember her enchanting personality, her lovely smile, her easy going outlook, and her passion to help others, especially those with mental health issues.

A rolling stone who never let any grass grow under her feet, Susan lived in Warsaw, NY, Hiram, OH, Orford, NH, Arlington, VA, Seckenheim, West Germany, Toledo, OH, Bloomington, IN, Fort Myers, FL, Thomasville, GA, and Long Lake, MI.

In retirement, she became a "snowbird" spending winters in Thomasville and summers in Long Lake. A perpetual hippy chick, Susan never let life's trails and tribulations get her down.