{"id":16128,"date":"2011-10-06T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=16128"},"modified":"2011-10-06T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T20:21:49","slug":"obituary-susan-shane-smith-tiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/10\/06\/obituary-susan-shane-smith-tiller\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary: Susan Shane Smith Tiller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Susan Shane Smith Tiller<\/strong><\/p>\n

DATE: Friday, October 7, 2011<\/p>\n

TIME: 10 am<\/p>\n

ADDRESS:
\n3115 Ocean Drive
\nCorpus Christi, Texas<\/p>\n

Obituary for Susan Shane Smith Tiller<\/p>\n

Susan Shane Smith Tiller was born on September 21, 1940 in Corpus Christi,
\nTexas to Mabel Claire Fuqua Smith and Gerald Nelson Smith. She died on
\nOctober 4 after complications from cancer. Susan attended Sam Houston
\nElementary School, Wynn Seale Junior High and W. B. Ray High School. She met
\nher husband, Lawrence Tiller, at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in
\n1958 and they married on September 2, 1960. They moved to Houston for Larry
\nto attend dental school. They returned to Corpus Christi where he set up his
\npractice. She went back to night school later and go her degree from Texas A
\n& M University Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n

Susan and Larry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family
\nincluding their three children, Gregory Todd Tiller (Cyndy) and son Edwin;
\nTeresa (Teri) Tiller Garrison with her son Kyle Lopez; Shane Smith Tiller
\n(Shelia) and their daughter Authumn and sons Gavyn and Gage. Susan was
\npredeceased by her parents Mabel and Gerald Smith and is survived by her
\nbest friend in life, Larry Tiller, her sister Claire Smith (Al) Hook and
\nbrother Gerry (Therese) Smith. She adored her nieces and nephews and great
\nnieces and nephews as they were all part of this wonderful close knit
\nfamily. Susan remembered fondly all over the state and beyond for her work
\nwith Corpus Christi Area Council for the Deaf also known as The Deaf and
\nHard of Hearing Center, and was the first Executive Director for twenty
\nseven years to 2005.<\/p>\n

At her retirement the building on McArdle Road was named in her honor, The
\nSusan S. Tiller Building. She took a volunteer job and turned it into
\nproviding services for the 88,000 people with hearing loss in the area. She
\nreceived many awards and accolades for what she has accomplished. Susan
\nreturned to work at the center again, as Executive Director, in 2009 until
\nthe present when a need arose. Susan was a lifelong member of First Baptist
\nChurch. She served the community on many boards and will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n

A memorial service will take place at First Baptist Church on Friday,
\nOctober 7 at ten o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n

Donations is Susan\u2019s memory may be made to The Deaf and Hard of Hearing
\nCenter, 5151 McArdle Road, Corpus Christi, Texas 78411<\/p>\n

CONTACT PERSON NAME: Mari Rivera
\nCONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: mari.rivera@deaf-hh.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Susan Shane Smith Tiller DATE: Friday, October 7, 2011 TIME: 10 am ADDRESS: 3115 Ocean Drive Corpus Christi, Texas Obituary for Susan Shane Smith Tiller Susan Shane Smith Tiller was born on September 21, 1940 in Corpus Christi, Texas to…<\/p>\n

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