Susan Marie Donaldson Leddy peacefully expired at home on December 4, 2010. Susan waged a courageous five year campaign against her debilitating Parkinson’s Disease, and her daily efforts were truly an inspiration to her beloved family and friends. Susan had just concluded thirty-six years of teaching service in her beloved Bridgewater-Raynham School District, where she served with distinction as a consummate professional physical education teacher steering her students on to academic excellence.
Susan was a 1971 graduate from Bridgewater-Raynham High School, received her Bachelor’s degree in 1975 from Bridgewater State College and her Master’s degree from Cambridge College. Susan was an outstanding athlete, and was well known locally for her prowess on the local tennis courts, where she played and taught her love of this game.
Susan’s immediate family, husband Phil and sons Chris and Andrew, and her beloved Remy, miss her footsteps at home but are tremendously proud of her tenacity and courage in how she battled PD. Susan is survived by her loving siblings, Gary Donaldson and his wife Gail, Scott Donaldson and Shelly Bowan, and Cathy Pereira and her husband Jose, and her loving nieces Jillian, Elizabeth,Hanna, Melanie, Stephanie and Laura.
Phil’s family, Kay and John, Ellen and Brianna, Jack and Maura, Tierney and Patrick, Peter and Sheila, Owen, Caelen and Anna, and Kevin will miss her humor, devotion and kindness in their daily lives.
Godspeed, Susan, and may your first serve be good as always on Heaven’s premier clay courts! A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Andrew the Apostle Church on Saturday, December 11th at 10:30 am. Relatives and friends are invited to visiting hours on Friday from 4-8 pm. at the O’Keefe-wade Funeral Home, 70 Washington St., Taunton, MA. 02780 Interment will be in the family lot in St. Francis Cemetery in Taunton. Donations may be made in Susan's memory to the Boys & Girls Club of Taunton, 31 Court St., Taunton, Ma. 02780