- Date Of Death: March 11, 2011
- State: Pennsylvania
John D. Susa, 82, of Fountain Hill, died Friday, March 11, 2011, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill. He was the husband of Margaret (Heylek) Susa. Born 2/21/1929 in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Ungvarsky) Susa. He served in the US Navy at the end of WWII. John was a member of St. Ursula Catholic Church and it’s Holy Name Society. He was also a member of the Grasshoppers Golf Club, Fountain Hill American Legion Post 406 and the Philatelic Society. He worked for 25 years at the Bethlehem Steel and then at Phoenix Forging in Catasauqua for 20 years as a die-sinker. John was an avid baseball fan. “Nails” was the official scorekeeper of the Fountain Hill Sr. Legion Baseball team for many years in the 1970’s He then coached Fountain Hill Sr. Little League teams. Survivors: in additions to his loving wife, he is survived by his son Michael Susa of Reading; daughters Paula wife of Jonathan Guidon of Northampton and their children Elizabeth and Christopher; Mary Beth, wife of Robert Wilson of Raleigh, NC and their children Sarah and John; sister Bernadine wife of Jerry Cunningham of Ruther Glen, VA.
