Susanne MacLean was the daughter of Angus MacLean, a Scottish-Canadian from Cape Breton, and Ruth (Rogers) MacLean, a lumberman's daughter from Patten, Maine. She was raised Canton, New York, where her father was a professor of religious education at St. Lawrence University. Her childhood was spent in the university community during the school year, retreating to a remote camp in northern Maine during summers at the family compound established by her Rogers grandparents. There she enjoyed canoeing, swimming, and hiking, relishing the call of the loons, the sounds of thrushes, partridges, frogs, and little red squirrels. She picked blueberries and watched the sun setting over Shin Pond and Mt. Chase. Best of all, was a communal campfire where the cousins, aunts, uncles, and all the extended family gathered for story-telling and comradery.
Susanne attended St. Lawrence University, where she majored in physical education and graduated in 1952 with honors. Shortly after graduation she married Gary McGregor Boone, a geology graduate student. In 1953 the two toured their ancestral homelands in Scotland on bicycles. They began married life in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by Cheshire and New Haven, Connecticut. The couple next settled in London, Ontario, for her husband's first teaching position. Their family soon expanded by the addition of a daughter and then a son.
In Ontario Susanne became fascinated by weaving and spinning, skills that became a lifelong passion. In 1964 the couple moved to Manlius, New York, when her husband accepted a post teaching geology at Syracuse University. Susanne taught in the Manlius and Fayetteville schools, while raising their two children. There she served as president of the Onondaga Weavers Guild. She was an avid reader of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. She completed an MS degree at Syracuse University.
Susanne was a dedicated homemaker, enjoying cooking and planting an extensive vegetable garden. She treated the family to joyous holiday celebrations—a wonderful turkey dinner for Christmas followed by a reading of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. She was delighted with the arrival of grandchildren. When her daughter's husband accepted a temporary position in Australia, Susanne joined them to assist in the birth of their twin boys.
Susanne attended St. Lawrence University, where she majored in physical education and graduated in 1952 with honors. Shortly after graduation she married Gary McGregor Boone, a geology graduate student. In 1953 the two toured their ancestral homelands in Scotland on bicycles. They began married life in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by Cheshire and New Haven, Connecticut. The couple next settled in London, Ontario, for her husband's first teaching position. Their family soon expanded by the addition of a daughter and then a son.
In Ontario Susanne became fascinated by weaving and spinning, skills that became a lifelong passion. In 1964 the couple moved to Manlius, New York, when her husband accepted a post teaching geology at Syracuse University. Susanne taught in the Manlius and Fayetteville schools, while raising their two children. There she served as president of the Onondaga Weavers Guild. She was an avid reader of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. She completed an MS degree at Syracuse University.
Susanne was a dedicated homemaker, enjoying cooking and planting an extensive vegetable garden. She treated the family to joyous holiday celebrations—a wonderful turkey dinner for Christmas followed by a reading of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. She was delighted with the arrival of grandchildren. When her daughter's husband accepted a temporary position in Australia, Susanne joined them to assist in the birth of their twin boys.
Susanne MacLean was the daughter of Angus MacLean, a Scottish-Canadian from Cape Breton, and Ruth (Rogers) MacLean, a lumberman's daughter from Patten, Maine. She was raised Canton, New York, where her father was a professor of religious education at St. Lawrence University. Her childhood was spent in the university community during the school year, retreating to a remote camp in northern Maine during summers at the family compound established by her Rogers grandparents. There she enjoyed canoeing, swimming, and hiking, relishing the call of the loons, the sounds of thrushes, partridges, frogs, and little red squirrels. She picked blueberries and watched the sun setting over Shin Pond and Mt. Chase. Best of all, was a communal campfire where the cousins, aunts, uncles, and all the extended family gathered for story-telling and comradery.
Susanne attended St. Lawrence University, where she majored in physical education and graduated in 1952 with honors. Shortly after graduation she married Gary McGregor Boone, a geology graduate student. In 1953 the two toured their ancestral homelands in Scotland on bicycles. They began married life in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by Cheshire and New Haven, Connecticut. The couple next settled in London, Ontario, for her husband's first teaching position. Their family soon expanded by the addition of a daughter and then a son.
In Ontario Susanne became fascinated by weaving and spinning, skills that became a lifelong passion. In 1964 the couple moved to Manlius, New York, when her husband accepted a post teaching geology at Syracuse University. Susanne taught in the Manlius and Fayetteville schools, while raising their two children. There she served as president of the Onondaga Weavers Guild. She was an avid reader of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. She completed an MS degree at Syracuse University.
Susanne was a dedicated homemaker, enjoying cooking and planting an extensive vegetable garden. She treated the family to joyous holiday celebrations—a wonderful turkey dinner for Christmas followed by a reading of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. She was delighted with the arrival of grandchildren. When her daughter's husband accepted a temporary position in Australia, Susanne joined them to assist in the birth of their twin boys.
Susanne attended St. Lawrence University, where she majored in physical education and graduated in 1952 with honors. Shortly after graduation she married Gary McGregor Boone, a geology graduate student. In 1953 the two toured their ancestral homelands in Scotland on bicycles. They began married life in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by Cheshire and New Haven, Connecticut. The couple next settled in London, Ontario, for her husband's first teaching position. Their family soon expanded by the addition of a daughter and then a son.
In Ontario Susanne became fascinated by weaving and spinning, skills that became a lifelong passion. In 1964 the couple moved to Manlius, New York, when her husband accepted a post teaching geology at Syracuse University. Susanne taught in the Manlius and Fayetteville schools, while raising their two children. There she served as president of the Onondaga Weavers Guild. She was an avid reader of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. She completed an MS degree at Syracuse University.
Susanne was a dedicated homemaker, enjoying cooking and planting an extensive vegetable garden. She treated the family to joyous holiday celebrations—a wonderful turkey dinner for Christmas followed by a reading of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. She was delighted with the arrival of grandchildren. When her daughter's husband accepted a temporary position in Australia, Susanne joined them to assist in the birth of their twin boys.
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