Shipley, Susan (Hammond)
Susan Hammond Shipley, 88, of Fort Myers, Florida and Granby, CT died peacefully on February 27 surrounded by family. Susan was the daughter of Lillian Ruth Chambers and William Brown Hammond and stepdaughter of Louis Wice.
Sue graduated from Eastern High School in Baltimore, MD and then from Goucher College in 1956. She spent her junior year at University of Hawaii while her husband Norman Llewelyn Shipley, whom she married in 1955, served in the Navy. They moved to Philadelphia, PA, Dearborn, MI and Palo Alto, CA where daughters Alison Lewellyn Shipley, Laura Hammond Shipley and son N. Louis Shipley respectively, were born. The family relocated to Simsbury, CT in 1966 where they resided for many years.
Sue taught early kindergarten at the Masters School in Simsbury, CT and then transitioned to a remarkably successful career as a top selling real estate agent in the Farmington valley. Norm predeceased Sue in 2001. Sue was an active member of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Tariffville, CT and a prayer group which recently celebrated 50 years of gathering.
She spent winters with her beloved sister Allison Hammond Murdoch in Sanibel, FL. ‘The Sisters,’ as they were known, played bridge, were active in a prayer garden and enjoyed sunsets on the beach. She was extremely close to all her five grandchildren.
She relocated to Cypress Cove Retirement Community, Fort Myers in 2020.
We are grateful to the entire community at Cypress Cove for the many close friendships she developed and the wonderful support and opportunities she was offered there. At Cypress Cove she avidly continued her lifelong passion for playing bridge and found and developed a gift for painting.
She is survived by her sister Allison Hammond Murdoch, children Alison Llewelyn Shipley, Laura Hammond Shipley and Norman Louis Shipley as well as grandchildren Alexandra Jadovich and Peter Jadovich, Gordon Clarke Shipley, Caroline Clarke Shipley and Vanessa Clarke Shipley
Her memorial will be celebrated at St. Michaels Episcopal Church, 2304 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, on April 6, 2024, at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Matthews House in Fort Myers, Guardians of Florida Animal Rescue, Trinity Episcopal Church in Tariffville, CT and St. Michaels Church in Sanibel, FL.