Suzanne White Stryker, 81, of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, died peacefully January 17th, 2016 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. She was born on April 1, 1934 in Long Island, NY. After graduating high school, she worked for Trans World Airways at Idlewild Field, NY. Suzanne married Charles Stryker in 1956 and lived most of her life in Rye, NY, where she raised her 2 daughters, as well as being a loving mother to her step sons. Widowed in 1979, she volunteered at local hospitals and served as an Elder at the Rye Presbyterian Church. Suzanne moved to Ponte Vedra in 2001 and enjoyed a full life of boating, traveling, volunteering at the Mayo Clinic, and doting on her grandchildren along with her cats, Leo and Buddy. Suzanne was preceded in death by her beloved husband Charles. She is survived by her cousin, Yvonne Conners; daughters, Lynn Stryker and Kristen Hazleton; stepsons, Samuel and Peter Stryker; her grandchildren, Charles, Sophia and Maximillian Hazleton. A memorial service will be held at Ponte Vedra Valley on Tuesday, January 19th at 4 pm before Suzanne joins her deceased husband in interment at The Presbyterian Church in Rye, NY. Please consider a gift in her memory to The Covenant House or The Humane Society in lieu of flowers. Please sign the online guestbook at www.pontevedravalley.com.
