Susan Elaine Brunner was born July 30, 1957 in Paola, Kansas to Raymond and Juanita Champlin Dyer. She attended both Drexel and Miami Schools. Susan was a proud member of the Local Laborer's Union 1290. Susan was her own person, she simply lived life the way that she wanted, enjoying her flowers, cats, sewing, crafts, and gardening. She also liked canning and preserving. One of Susan's greatest loves in her life was her family, each of them brighten her life in there own way. She loved her kids, her grandkids especially and all her dear friends.
Susan was preceded in death by her father, Raymond Dyer, grandparents, Dean and Thelma Champlin, and Lillian Huene-feldt. She is survived by her daughters, Melissa Lowe and husband Raymond, and Amy MacLeod, son Tom Hackler and wife Kyla, mother Juanita Dyer, brothers, Clifford, Roger, and Raymond Dyer, sister Janet Lane, and grandchildren, Baxter, Jessie, Isabel, Brooke, Tommy, Korbin, Kadee, Shane, Shelby, John, Abby, and Alex.