Susan K. McCaw

SUSAN McCAW MUSCATINE, Iowa - Susan K. McCaw, 55, of 2051 Heatherlyn Drive, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002, at her home. Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. The Rev. John P. Gallagher will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Resthaven Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. A luncheon will be held at Gannon Hall following the funeral service. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Crossroads Workshop or the Mississippi Bend A.E.A. Speech Department in Muscatine. Mrs. McCaw was born on July 2, 1947, in Des Moines, the daughter of Lee and Ardelle Jandrey Slorah. Her first marriage was to Harold Bridges on May 21, 1977, in Muscatine. He preceded her in death in 1989. She later married Clayle McCaw on July 11, 1992 in Des Moines. She was a member of St. Mathias Church. She obtained her Masters degree in Speech Pathology at the University of Northern Iowa. She was a speech pathologist and worked for the Area Education Association for over 30 years. She served on the Board of Directors of Crossroads, Inc. from 1993 until 1995. Survivors include...[more]

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r husband, Clayle McCaw of Muscatine; two step-sons, Mike Bridges of Altoona, and Greg Bridges of Scottsdale, Arizona; two step-daughters, Leesa McCleary of Muscatine and Nancy Bridges of Muscatine; five step-grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren; three sisters, Pat Leto of Des Moines, Sandy Webb of Des Moines and Kathy Slorah of Avon Lake; and one sister-in-law, Callista Slorah of Indianola. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, and one brother, Joseph Slorah.