Suzanne Pauline Gertge, 89, passed away peacefully with family by her side in Sterling, CO on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Vigil Service and Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 27 at Halouska Family Chaney Reager Funeral Home. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 28 at St. Anthony Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Michael Bodzioch celebrating. A private family inurnment will be held at Riverside Cemetery.

Susie was born on September 28,1935 in Brush, CO to Constant and Margueritte (Hentreep) Hoozee.  She always joked that she was born next to a barn, because they had a dairy attached to Ebenezer Hospital at the time. Susie attended and graduated from Stoneham High school in May of 1953. She married George Gertge on her eighteenth birthday at St. Anthony in Sterling, CO and spent 63 years together until his passing in 2017.  To this union four children were born Gregory, Kathleen, Kimberly, and Gerry.

Susie worked for Woolworth, Kmart and for a short time at Walmart and JCPenney. She and George farmed and ranched from 1956-1974 and ran a dairy for several years. She and George started Mats from Flats and the House of Grebble booth and took them both to fairs and craft shows for many years.

She was a member of Saint Catherine in Iliff, CO and later Saint Anthony in Sterling, CO.  She enjoyed making noodles and cabbage pockets and doing embroidery, word searches, and watching westerns and the Colorado Rockies. She loved going to grandkids ball games and supporting them in all their endeavors. She bowled for many years and enjoyed watching others bowl when she was unable to bowl herself.

She was preceded in death by her husband George, parents, and stepmother Elizabeth (Gertner) Unrein Hoozee and all of her siblings and their spouses; Frank and Dolores Hoozee, Jake and Henrietta Huss, Josephine and Albert Monheiser, and Joseph Hoozee.

Susie is survived by her children; Greg and Brenda Gertge, Kim and Mark Appelhans, and Gerry Gertge all of Sterling and Kathy Gertge of Peetz, CO.  She had eight grandchildren: Jonathan and Christie Gertge, Eric and Jennissa Gertge, Jessica and David Roelle, Nicki and fiancé Curtis McCoy, Dani and Boyd, Kirk and Brittany Appelhans, Kyle and Alyson Appelhans and Sean Appelhans and 14 great-grandchildren.