Susie Aletha (Porter) Preston

Susie Aletha (Porter) Preston, 92, of Onaway, passed away September 16, 2019.  She was born in Onaway June 22, 1927, the daughter of Clara Aletha Burgess Porter and E.L. Porter. On November 4, 1950 she married Lessel Raymond Preston, her husband of 68 years. Susie was a lifetime member of the Onaway Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Her great-grandparents were among the first settlers in Allis Township and helped establish the first Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Onaway.

Susie graduated from Onaway High School and Presque Isle County Normal.  She taught school for seven years and was a substitute teacher at the Onaway Seventh-Day Adventist Church School.  Susie and her husband, Ray, were active in building the current church school. Both had a compassion for children.

Susie was a quiet and private person who had a great love for her family and for God’s rule.  She enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time in the outdoors. She was a wonderful cook and baker. She always had a big garden and canned plenty of food for her family. She spent her spare time knitting and crocheting.  Lucky was the person that would get a pair of her “Grandma socks” or one of her beautiful doilies!

Susie lost the love of her life, Ray Preston, November 3, 2018.  Surviving are her three children, Raymond D. Preston, Linda K. Preston (Jerry) Keating and Lorain

e Preston; seven grandchildren, Jimmy (Blaine) Preston, Luke (Heather) Preston, Rachel Preston (Cory) Lamming, Silas Preston, Bradley Keating, Evan (Amanda) Keating and Seth Keating; four great-grandchildren, Gabrielle Preston, Rhyan Keating, Wyatt Keating and Aubree Lamming; a sister-in-law, Grace Preston; brothers-in-law, Sidney (Nancy) Preston and Homer Preston.  She also leaves behind several nieces and nephews, some of whom she helped raise.

Her words of wisdom and Bible truths will continue to be a guide for all that knew her and she will be greatly missed.

Cremation arrangements were in care of Chagnon Funeral Home.  Susie’s family will honor her memory privately.  Susie’s final resting place will be in Onaway at Hillcrest Cemetery.