Susanne Marie Pilling, 84, our compassionate and loving mother, wife, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and longtime friend to all who knew her, passed away January 14, 2018, due to complications after heart surgery to repair her aorta. Sue was surrounded by her children at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center at the time of her death.
“Sue” or Susanne was born on July 4, 1933 in Peekskill New York to Peter and Catherine Mohlsick. Sue was a kindhearted, fun-loving, independent and outgoing person from very early on in her life. She attended the Assumption Catholic School in Peekskill, NY until ninth grade. She then attended Peekskill High School where she graduated in 1951. At the age of 17 she met her soon to be lifelong companion, Leon Pilling while he was in the Navy. On August 13, 1951, she married the love of her life, Clarence Leon Pilling in Peekskill, NY at the Assumption Catholic Church. They shared a beautiful marriage of 64 years before he preceded her in death on December 27, 2015.
Shortly after their marriage she moved west to Price, Utah where she flourished discovering the ways of the west, including learning to ride horses with Leon. Together Sue and Leon raised ten children and helped countless foster children in her younger years showing great compassion & devotion by taking in so many different children. Prior to her sudden death Sue was working at the Castle View Care Center, helping people in need. she made countless lifelong friends during her career at Koret of California where she worked for 25 years.
She always made time for celebrations, camping, fishing and hunting with family and friends. Traveling the seas with Leon in their later years was also a great joy. She just finished an Alaskan Cruise in September of 2017. She was a pillar and beacon of goodness. All that knew her felt kindness and strength. Throughout her entire life she was very devoted to her faith.
Sue is survived by her brother, Peter (Madeline) Mohlsick; sister, Marilyn (Robert) Sprake; children, JoAnn (Richard-deceased) Curtin, Darlene Kibbee, Bill (Susan) Martinez, Thomas Pilling, Leslie (Douglas) Smoak, Timothy (Carma) Pilling, Catherine Marie Pilling (deceased), Tammy (Troy) Tonnesen, Alex Pilling, Jeffrey (Ashley) Pilling, Shauna (Robert Carder); 24 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren (D’Artagnan- deceased). Preceded in death by her brother, Thomas Mohlsick, and both parents.
Funeral Mass, Friday, January 19, 2018, 10:00 a.m., Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church. Vigil service, Thursday evening, 7:00 p.m., Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will receive friends Thursday and Friday at Mitchell’s one hour prior to service. Interment, Price City Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price where friends are always welcome daily and may share memories online at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net.