Susan Harper

Jan 30, 1951 - Dec 25, 2012

    Susan Heppler Harper, 61, or Bremen, IN, passed away in her home at 5:53 AM, December 25, 2012, from complications of metastatic breast cancer.  Sue was born in Cleveland, OH on January 30, 1951 and adopted at birth by Alfred Joseph and Berniece Ward Heppler of Rocky River, OH.
    After graduating from Rocky River High School and Earlham College, she married Michael A. Harper on May 11, 1974.  She then finished a masters degree in library science at Indiana University, worked a short time, then spent the rest of her life as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.  A longtime member of the Old Brethren Church at Wakarusa, she was associated with Victory Christian Fellowship, New Paris, at the time of her death.  Sue was a friend to all.
    Her husband survives, as do her children, Seth and Rachel Harper of Bremen, Sarah and Timothy Heatwole of Milford, and Joshua and Bethanna Harper of Bremen and her two grandsons.  She was the daughter-in-law of Tom and Shirley Harper of Greentown.
    Burial was in the cemetery at Victory Christian Fellowship and a memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 31 at the Old German Baptist Brethren meetinghouse, CR 40 & CR 7, Wakarusa.
    Memorial contributions can be sent to Center for Hospice Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637-3437.