- Date Of Birth: July 15, 1924
- Date Of Death: December 11, 2018
- State: Colorado
Was born July 15, 1924 in Boulder, Colorado. She was a descendant of three Colorado pioneer families- Maternal Grandparents DJ Donnelly and Susan Dietrich of Idaho Springs, Larson Colorado and Francis Brady, and Susan McClane of Empire and Creede Colorado.
She attended school at Sacred Heart, Boulder High, and the University of Colorado. She was a cadet nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital and joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1945. In addition, she nursed at the VA, Fort Logan, Swedish Hospital ER, and retired from Martin Marietta after 18 years in 1985.
She married Mannus Toughill in 1950. Through the years, he had an insurance agency, restaurant, and a dry cleaning business. Susan and Mannus enjoyed building their life and raising four children in the Denver metro area until Manny Toughill passed in 1974.
She married Don Riley, a former high school sweetheart, in 1991. They lived happily in Colorado Springs until his passing in 2006 when she joined her family in Littleton, Colorado.
Proceeded in death by first born, Michael Toughill (wife, Carolyn residing in Eagle). Survived by children Tudi Toughill of Centennial, Laura Logsdon of Littleton, and Mary Race of Fort Collins. Grandchildren Emily, Keifier, Luke and Chase Logsdon, and Mara Thomas.
