Mrs. Thompson was born on August 16, 1943 in Hartford, Connecticut to the late John Peter Kasavage and Julia Padelskas Kasavage.
In her retirement years Suzanne became involved with the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida. There she welcomed guests and explained how the center was a hospital exclusively dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of the various species of injured sea turtles that frequent Florida’s eastern shore.