Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 6055 Azle Ave. in Fort Worth.

Memorials: The family requests that in lieu of flowers, if you desire, donations may be made in Susan's name to St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 6055 Azle Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76135 or Operation Smile (Proj. Huasteco), P.O. Box 2476, Fort Worth, Texas 76113.

Susan was born April 12, 1940, in Lubbock, to the late Rev. John and Leyburn Winslow. Her father was the rector of St. Paul's on the Plains Episcopal Church. Raised in Norfolk, Va., Susan married early and subsequently reared three children as a single parent. At the same time, through her own tenacity, she held a full-time job and acquired a bachelor's degree in English, followed by a master's degree in the same subject, graduating both Magna Cum Laude.

After teaching English to eighth graders in a newly integrated school in rural Alabama, Susan switched careers to work for the U.S. government. At the Naval Air Station in Beeville, she was a ground school instructor in the U.S. Navy Advanced Jet Pilot Training program, and actually flew training missions in jet fighter planes. One of her major accomplishments, after undergoing the same survival training as the aviation students, was to make a "trap," an arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier in a jet fighter, one of the very few civilian women to achieve this accomplishment.

Susan then moved to Corpus Christi where she served at the Naval Air Station as an assistant equal opportunity employment officer on the admiral's staff. From there she went to the Department of Defense school system in the Caribbean where she became the assistant superintendent of schools, and acted as labor negotiator for both labor and management. Susan ended her professional career back in the classroom teaching eighth grade English.

Susan was a champion of women's rights and advocate for the underserved of our world. She was an avid sailor and enjoyed immensely her time on "Misty Blue," sailing year round in the Caribbean. Bright and vivacious, Susan delighted in word games, was an expert in Trivial Pursuit and a member of the American Mensa Society. When Susan died it was like a library burned down. An avid gardener, she successfully grew Texas bluebonnets and a host of other wildflowers in her "wildscape" at home, and had a bountiful herb garden. Susan's affinity and love for Mexico and its cultures were evidenced in home decorations, particularly at "Los Laureles," her South Carolina mountain retreat.

In addition to her parents, Susan was preceded in death by a grandson, Patrick Shanahan.

The family’s deep appreciation and thanks go out to her medical care team, Dr. Allan Kelly and staff; Dr. Mark Redrow and staff; chemo nurses Jan, Karen, Buffy and Trini; Dr. Mark O'Rourke and chemo nurse, Brenda in Greenville, S.C.; the All Saints Hospital Staff, particularly B3S; and the Vitas Hospice staff, all for their wonderful support, love, TLC and care they shared with Susan and Jim during her campaign.

Survivors: Husband of 19 1/2 years, B.F. "Jim" Brady, M.D.; children, Susi Shanahan and husband, Jack, of Petaluma, Calif., Downing Gill of Albany, Calif. and John Winslow and wife, Lynn, of Atlanta, Ga.; sisters, Pauline Gregory and husband, Cab, of Greenville, S.C. and Sarah Micciche of Madison, Conn.; her children's children, Leyburn and Kelley Shanahan of Petaluma, Calif., Alison, Christopher and Carolyn Winslow of Atlanta, Ga. and Downing, Jennifer and Meghan Gill of Albany, Calif.; her second Mexican family; and a host of friends and extended family.

Published in the Star-Telegram on 7/13/2002.