Susan K. Funk Sipe

Susan K Sipe (nee Funk), 70, passed away Wednesday morning, April 5th, 2023, after a courageous battle with breast cancer. A wonderful daughter, mother, grandmother, and wife, she is survived by her mother, Marjorie Funk; husband, Jeff Sipe; son, James (Kelley); daughter, Elizabeth Hodge (Keith); sister, Janet Hodges (Jerry); grandchildren, Samantha and Matthew Sipe, Madison and Kayden Hodge; aunts, Vivian Seeley, and Sherrill Seeley; and many cousins, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father Harvey and brother, Donald, and niece Jeanna.

Susan was born in Oberlin, Ohio on May 6, 1952. She grew up on the family homestead in Brighton Township next to her maternal grandparents. She was an excellent student and belonged to the FHA. She grew up learning homemaking skills from her mother and grandmother. She honed those skills at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and got her education degree in home economics, class of 1974. She taught in South Amherst and then moved to Tampa, Florida where she met her husband.  She moved to Macon, Georgia with her husband and has lived here for 42 years. She had her son and daughter and nurtured them and guided them to be the successful adults and parents they are today. She worked and lived as she endured surgery, chemo, and radiation. She and the thousands of women like her, show their indomitable spirit every day. Dedication is the word that best describes Susan. She was a dedicated employee of Eastside Lumber for almost 30 years. She treasured her many friends and business acquaintances from her years there. She was a dedicated fighter for the children of Bibb County. She held many offices in local PTA and Bibb County gifted programs. She later served tirelessly for twelve years on the Bibb County School Board, where she faced many difficult decisions but always put the children first.

She was also a dedicated mother and grandmother. During her children's school years, they could always count on her to be at any event where they were participating. She was always their number one cheerleader. In her later years, she also became that cheerleader for her grandchildren. Between helping with homework, sharing her sewing skills with her granddaughters and baking skills with her grandsons, attending concerts and other school functions, traveling out of state and even overseas, Susan always made it a priority to put her grandchildren first. They were her everything and her eyes lit up every time she saw them.

The family will greet friends, Monday, April 10, 2023, at Sardis-Heard Funeral Home from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.  A funeral service will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Hart’s at the Cupola.

Susan will then go home one final time and have visitation at Norton-Eastman Funeral Home in Wellington, Ohio at 1:00 p.m., April 22, 2023, with funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m. and burial at Brighton Township Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to Bibb County Education Foundation or to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. For her Ohio family and friends, a contribution to the Wellington Schools Endowment Fund, will help create more people like Susan.

The hole she leaves in our hearts will never be filled, but the joy she leaves in our soul will never fade.

She loved, she is loved, and she will always be loved.

Please visit www.hartsmort.com to express condolences.

Hart’s at the Cupola, Hart's Mortuary and Cremation Center, 6324 Peake Rd, Macon, GA 31210 has charge of the arrangements.

Bibb County Education Foundation
P.O. Box 626, Macon GA 31202
Web: https://www.donatebibbschools.com/contribute

Susan G. Komen for the Cure
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas TX 75244
Tel: 1-877-465-6636
Web: http://www.komen.org/