Suzanne Quinn Kemak

Suzanne Quinn Kemak, 73, of Willet, NY, passed away on Monday, June 25, 2012, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, NY, following a brief illness.

Born in Whitney Point, NY on November 12, 1938, Suzanne was a daughter of the late Edward and Madeline Hibbard Quinn. A lifelong resident of the area, she was a graduate of Whitney Point High School and a communicant of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Whitney Point. She was active with the church and assisted on many of their events. She retired from Whitney Point Central School where she worked as a bus monitor and cafeteria aide for several years. For many years, she worked along side her husband, Theodore Kemak, Sr., who predeceased her on January 14, 2009, on the family farm.

She is survived by her children, Marie (Harry) Edwards, Bonnie (Terry) Hart, Ted, Jr. (Erika) Kemak, Robert Kemak, JoAnne Rider, Charles (Vickie) Kemak, Dennis Kemak, Rose (Clayton Standish) Quinlan, Stephen (Mary) Kemak, and Mary (Greg Wooldridge) Kemak. She also leaves behind her grandchildren, Bethany (Andrew) Wheller, Corey Edwards, Shawn, Shannon, Aimee, and Roger Hart, Matt (Jen) Kemak, Ted III (Tiffany) Kemak, Sgt. Casey Kemak, Kyle, Ashley and Christopher Kemak, Dawson Westfall, Crystal Rider, Blake Kemak, Charles Kemak, Breanne, Tyler and Dillon Kemak, Kelly, Mary and Megan Quinlan, Cody Kemak, Kylie Beckwith, Sgt. Joshua Decker, Hunter and Colton Lewis; her great-grandchildren, Riley and Addison Kemak, Ted Kemak IV, Elisabeth Kemak, Abigail Kemak, Mason Hart, and Lena Wheller; her sisters, Maureen Rogers, Kathy (Richard) Hand, and Sharon (Ed) Keep; a brother, Ed (Sandy) Quinn, Jr.; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family will be present to receive friends at the K.L. Sharp Funeral Home, Cincinnatus, NY on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, June 29, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Whitney Point, with Reverend Douglas Cunningham as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Suzanne may be directed to the Willet Rescue Squad, c/o Margaret Yarnes, Willet, NY 13863.