Obituary: Suzanne Gorke

On Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, Suzanne Gorke, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at home, in Oakland, Florida, at the age of 82. 

Suzanne was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, on Jan. 10, 1936, of parents Clifford and Zona Garten. She grew up in Marshfield and married Vernon Parker, with which she had two children. Later divorced, she married Wilfred Gorke in 1965, with which she had one child. 

As a young girl, she was a member of Job’s Daughters and several organizations. 

Suzanne moved several times with her husband and spent time in Hudson, Wisconsin, where she had her firstborn. She eventually moved back to Marshfield and met her second husband, Wilfred, who was offered the job as postmaster in Minocqua, Wisconsin, where they relocated.

Suzanne began as a medical transcriptionist, at Howard Young Medical Center in Minocqua, before becoming secretary to the administrator and the director of nursing, until her husband Wilfred retired. Ready for some warmer weather, she moved to Lakeland, Ruskin and, ultimately, Oakland, Florida.

Suzanne loved live music and anything the color yellow. She enjoyed renting an apartment on the east coast and the spectacle of the Atlantic Ocean. She was a highly intelligent, compassionate and perceptive person with a lively sense of humor. 
Suzanne was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Wilfred.

She is survived by her three children, Steve, David and Kara; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was a wonderful human being and will be greatly missed.
She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Marshfield, Wisconsin, at a later date.