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Died:
- Susan Marie (Fleming) Goldsmith, 61, of Dyersville, passed away early on August 21, 2024, at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque, after a six-year journey with breast cancer that had metastasized to her brain, skin, and several bones.
Visitation will be held from 3 ? 7 p.m. Monday, August 26, 2024 at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville. Visitation will continue at the funeral home from 9 ? 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 27, 2024 prior to the Mass of Christian Burial.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, celebrated by Sue's brother, Fr. David Fleming, with Fr. Michael McAndrew and Fr. Chris Podhajsky co-celebrating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery at a later date.
Sue was born on October 9, 1962, to Robert and Mary Ann Fleming, in Des Moines.
She graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 1981. Sue earned a B.A. in Education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1986, and M.A. in Education from Viterbo University in 2008.
Sue met her husband, ----- Goldsmith, when she was a bridesmaid for his sister, Sue Miles. Despite his puka shell necklace, Sue "just knew" before the end of that weekend they would get married. They married one year later on July 12, 1986, at Visitation Catholic Church in Des Moines.
Tom and Sue were blessed with two children who were Sue's greatest joys. She also had a heart full of love for her granddaughter.
She loved being a teacher and taught at St. Joseph in Key West, St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville and Maquoketa Valley CSD in Delhi, Earlville, and Hopkinton. Before retiring in 2020, Sue spent 23 years at M.V., first as an associate, then Talented and Gifted instructor, and most recently, a fifth-grade teacher. M.V. was her "school family."
Although she loved being in the classroom with her students and sharing a laugh with friends, Sue considered herself an introvert, often joking, "I'm one step away from being a hermit." She most enjoyed spending time together with her family, sharing laughs and playing games. Sue also valued having quiet time to read, having a hard time putting down a book once she began it, often finishing it in one sitting.
She was preceded in death by her dad, Bob; parents-in-law, Leo 'Duff' and Doris Goldsmith; nephew, Austin Goldsmith; grandparents, Marvin and Alma Fleming and Cletus and Laura Flick; aunts and uncles: Leota DeVoe, Joan and Vernal Thompson, Donald and Phyllis Flick, Madonna Flick and Donald Lockwood.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274374785/susan_marie-goldsmith
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1962 - 2024 (61 years)