- Date Of Birth: June 22, 1926
- Date Of Death: May 11, 2015
- State: New Jersey
Suzanne S. Trauffer
June 22, 1926 – May 11, 2015
(nee Simmons) Of Collingswood, NJ, died peacefully on May 11, 2015 at Kennedy Hospital, Cherry Hill, NJ. Age 88 years.Only daughter of the late Clifford E. and Lucille Simmons (nee Chase). Loving wife of over 50 years to the late Lewis H. Trauffer, USN, Ret. Dear mother of Marie Roberson, Lewis C. Trauffer, Esq. and the late Harry L. Trauffer. She is also survived by 3 grandchildren: Steven L. Trauffer, Suzanne Denbow and Andrew Denbow and a great granddaughter, Alaina Trauffer.Mrs. Trauffer was a 1945 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a BA in English and a lifelong member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority. She was an English teacher at Haddon Township High School from 1963 until her retirement in 1987. Throughout her tenure, she was dedicated to realizing the hidden potential of her students. In addition to teaching grammar and literature, Mrs. Trauffer tutored pregnant teens and disabled students who otherwise would not have completed high school. Mrs. Trauffer served for ten years on the NJEA pension committee and certainly enjoyed the fruit of that labor. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church of Collingswood, having come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ following the loss of her eyesight and hearing in 1989.Contributions may be made in her memory to the church at the above address and/or Disabled American Veterans ().
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