Susan Rae Cooper, 59, of Albany died Tuesday. She was born to John and Iris (Waddle) Banngarnter in Sunnyside, Washington.

Susan graduated from Lyle High School in Lyle, WA in 1966. She married and lived as a wife and mother. In later years she was a teacher’s aid at Goldendale High School in Goldendale, WA. She later moved to Albany and worked in the grass seed industry.

She is survived by daughters, Gery Lyn Justham of Sweet Home, Teri Kay Cooper of Vancouver, WA; sisters, Beverly Treadway of Seattle, WA, Kay Day of Spokane, WA; former husband, George Cooper of Dallesport, WA; special friend, Leo Deatry of Albany; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

No services are planned at this time. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel will be handling the arrangements.