Suzanne M. Barron

Suzanne (Sue, Suzy) Barron of Kutztown, age 79, passed away peacefully at home on March 29, 2025 after a nearly 7-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Allentown to the late D. Charles and Hilda Blatt. She graduated from Kutztown Area High School in 1963. She attended Kutztown State College and earned her B.S. in Education in 1978. She also earned a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Kutztown University in 1985. She was a member and President of her chapter's Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society.

She spent her 35-year teaching career in the Kutztown Area School District teaching First, Third, and Fifth Grades at Kutztown Elementary School. After retiring in 2007 she served as a substitute teacher in the district for another 5 years. She also volunteered for a number of years as an administrator of the Borough of Kutztown's Emergency Management program.

Her faith was important to her; she was an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Allentown, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Kutztown. At various times at her churches, she was a Financial Secretary, a Sunday School teacher, served on church Council, sang in the choir, and played handbells.

She loved spending time with her family and also enjoyed traveling. She looked forward to seeing her teacher friends and colleagues at their book club meetings and at breakfasts and luncheons. She sang in the Kutztown Community Choir and helped to select the music for their programs. She also ran the scoring room of the Lehigh Valley Mathcounts competition for middle-schoolers for many years. She loved the beach, reading (especially mysteries), cheering for the Phillies, planting flower gardens, playing bridge, solving crossword puzzles and sudokus, and watching Jeopardy!.

She will be dearly missed by her husband of 42 years, Michael, her brother Charles (married to Barbara) Blatt of Topton, her children Pamela (married to Larry) Sullivan of Egg Harbor Township, NJ, James (married to LaNeicia) Meyer of Lancaster, Karin (married to Michael) Hoffman of Kutztown, Natasha (married to Adam) Combs of Orefield, her grandchildren Dexter and Donovan Sullivan, Isaac and Bridget Meyer, John Paul and Abagail Stone, Ray and Megan Hoffman, November and Meridian Combs.

She was predeceased by her first husband Ferdinand Meyer and her sister Kathryn (Kelly) Blatt.

A service to honor Sue’s life will be held at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church, 357 W. Main St., Kutztown on Saturday, May 10. Visitation with the family will be from 9:00 am until the start of the service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Sue’s memory to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, the Kutztown Area Historical Society, the Kutztown Community Library or the Center for Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. A private burial will be scheduled at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements are being managed by Edward J. Hildenbrand Funeral Home, Kutztown.