FAMILY

Sue Ellen "Susie" Steinsberger was born on February 21, 1944 in Peru, Indiana to Carl and Ruth Steinsberger.

Susie passed away on June 15, 2016 at 12:20 a.m. of a brain stem stroke at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, with most of her family by her side. She was 72 years old.

Susie has an older brother Carl, older sister Myrna and a younger sister Anita.

In 1960, while visiting family in Austin, Susie met the love of her life Frederick Eugene “Gene” Juby at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were married on August 13, 1960 in a double wedding, and would spend 55 years together until her death. Gene said, “We instantly clicked, and I knew the moment I met her I was going to marry her.”

Susie left behind, her husband Gene, six children: Shaunesse, Sherri, Sharon, Cary, Craig and Sabrina along with their spouses and seven grandchildren.

CAREER

Most of Susie's early life was spent raising her six children and taking care of the home.

Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's, Gene had a fiberglass septic tank business and Susie was the office manager for about 15 years.

Also in the 80's, Gene and Susie would buy cars at the auction and resell them. Susie enjoyed this because she could constantly choose a different car to drive.

For the past 20 years Susie worked alongside her husband Gene and daughter Sabrina running a small boat business.

INTERESTS

As a child, Susie had a horse named Tony that she loved very much and would often talk about him. She was a true animal lover and cared deeply for her pets, which included cats, dogs, birds and horses.

Susie loved history and genealogy and spent countless hours working on the Juby family tree for many years, tracing several families back to the 14th and 15th centuries.

Susie loved art and used to draw and paint; she had some beautiful detailed drawings and paintings.

Susie was also interested in home remodeling, design and decorating. She sanded down her hardwood floors and refinished them. She remodeled her whole kitchen and bathrooms which included the tile floors. She painted the inside of the house. There was never a project she was afraid to tackle.

Susie enjoyed sewing when her children were young. When her daughter got married, she sewed several of their bridesmaid's dresses and miles of tablecloths for her daughter’s wedding.

Susie and her family along with several friends always went camping at Lake Buchanan when the kids were young. Susie made sure to get everything organized and together for her family’s week long trips. She made the best meals at the campsite and kept the place very clean and organized. It was so hard to come back to civilization after these great camping trips.

Her biggest passion was gardening and she had a special touch for growing roses. When asked what her secret was she would always say Miracle Grow, but we all knew it must have been something more. She loved to share her beautiful roses with the world, and would give them out to friends and family.

Susie was an amazing and loving woman, who enjoyed spending time with her family and friends; she loved her children very much, and showed her kind heart by allowing a friend to live with them for several years and to be treated like family. She firmly believed everyone should be treated equally, not be constantly judged and everyone have love for one another. Susie believed in and loved Jehovah God immensely.

She will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends.

Historical Highlight

University of Texas Tower Shooting - August 1, 1966 - Before Noon

Every weekday around mid morning, Susie would take her deaf daughter Sherri (4 years old) to a special class for the deaf at the University of Texas, in Austin; and bring along her other two daughters, Shaunesse (5 years old) and Sharon (4 months old). Around noon after Sherri's class was over; Susie with the three girls would leave and walk right next to the University of Texas Tower.

On Monday, August 1, 1966, Susie wasn't feeling good and had decided to skip Sherri's class and stay home with the girls. On that very same day, right before noon, 25 year old Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower and started shooting people below. He shot 43 people, killing 13 of them.

Susie's husband Gene didn't know she had stayed home that day, and was horrified at the news on the radio; he thought his wife and girls were down at the University of Texas while the shooting was going on. He soon found out, everyone was safe at home.