Susan Adams — 1950-2011

Susan Adams, a 60-year-old former South Lake Tahoe resident, passed away in Buffalo, Wyo., June 16.

Funeral services will be at Happy Homestead Cemetery in South Lake Tahoe on June 24 at 11am.

Susan Adams

Susan Elaine Adams was born July 28, 1950, in Fort Collins, Colo., to Ruth and Bill Jordan. She was the third child of five girls and one boy.

Her family spent most of her childhood in Brawley, Calif., where she graduated from high school.

As a young adult, Susan hoped to be a school teacher or writer and went to community college in California. During that time she met her husband, Robert Adams. Susan went on to raise their two children, Jessica and Ryan, as a single parent in California, eventually settling in her beloved city of South Lake Tahoe. There Susan fell in love with her longtime sweetheart David “Chas” Blake.

Susan ran a local business; Tahoe Keys Sub and Yogurt. After David’s retirement, Susan joined him in establishing their home in Buffalo, Wyo, where they established friendships, set up a hunting camp, grew vegetables, made jewelry and enjoyed her four grandchildren, Ella, Aaralyn, Katrin and Daylan.

Susan is survived by her four sisters, Kathy Lines, Sandy Carter, Billie Bernard and Jill Merriman; her brother Hank Jordan; her two children Jessica Wilson and Ryan Adams; and her four grandchildren Ella Wilson, Aaralyn Adams, Katrin Wilson and Daylan Adams.

Her sense of spirituality, adventure, love and care will be dearly missed by them all.