Susan Bergmann

Susan Renee Bergmann, 60, of Charlevoix passed away on Thursday December 5, 2019.  She was born on May 7, 1959 in Grand Rapids, MI, the daughter of Hubert and Lillian (Rand) Rich. At age two she moved with her family to Oxford hills, Maine and remained there until after graduating from high school. She then graduated from the Mercy school of Nursing in Portland Maine and moved to Alaska to work as a nurse. In Alaska Sue met the love of her life, Daniel Bergmann, and they married on July 9, 1984 at the Community Reformed Church in Charlevoix.

She worked for many years as a devoted nurse at the Charlevoix Hospital, and worked diligently for the local health department and as the director of the Charlevoix County Commission on Aging, as well as at Bethel prison and Ketchikan public health during her disparate years in Alaska . Her life was filled with many adventures. Sue loved the outdoors. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, and mushrooming. She was a creative soul, blessing her friends and relatives with handmade gifts and canned goods as often as she could. She loved deeply and was warm and affectionate with everyone she cared about -which was most everyone. She had an amazing sense of humor, an infectious laugh and a fighting spirit and will to live that helped her survive long beyond anyone's expectations. Her life is an example of strength and unstifled love to us all. 1Peter 4:8

She is survived by her loving husband, Daniel Lee Bergmann; her daughter, Brenna Lee (Chadwick) Cordner of Georgia, VT; her mother, Lillian Myra  (Rand) Rich; her brother, Victor Scott Rich of Bridgton, ME; her sister, Rita Lynne (Dr. Scott) Roby of Fryeburg Maine; her nephew, Kyle Merton Kimball; her niece, Kelly Sue (Jake) Kimball-Parrott; and four grandchildren, Betty Maura Cordner, Maple Leonora Cordner, Welles Robert Lee Cordner, and Rook Edwin Richard Cordner And many other beloved family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Hubert Raymond Rich.

Funeral services will take place in the spring on 2020 where the family hopes to come together and accept friends and share memories. Interment will take place in the spring of 2020 at Undine Cemetery in Hayes Township.

Memorial donations may be made to the Hope Lodge, 4215 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108.

Arrangements are in the care of the Winchester Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes.  Please sign her online guestbook at www.mortensenfuneralhomes.com