Obituaries

t is with broken hearts that we announce the death of Susan Mary Donohue Chimento on Nov. 29th 2024, aged 85. She was born April 12, 1939 to Dick and Daisy Donohue, and was the oldest of 5 children. Raised in Hallstead, she graduated from Blue Ridge High School of New Milford, PA in 1957 and then completed Registered Nurse training at Wilson Hospital of Johnson City, NY in 1960. While a nurse in the Binghamton area, she met the man who would become her husband, Carmen C. Chimento. With her quiet resolve and devotion to her husband and children, she was the glue holding the family together through moves to TX, NY, PA, MA, NH, RI and NJ, before settling down in Brookline, NH in 1978. Her 40 year nursing career started in Binghamton, NY and continued as an Emergency Room nurse at Memorial Hospital (now SNHRMC) in Nashua, NH, and finished as a home health traveling nurse in Southern NH. A born caretaker, she strove to bring to nursing the same dedication and generosity she showed her family and friends. She also found a way to attend New England College part time during her working years, earning a BS double major in Psychology and Sociology in May of 1987.

In early retirement, she and Carmen cared for her mother, Daisy, who had the same slow moving memory loss that Susan herself would later develop. She was an excellent baker with a voracious sweet tooth, a supporter of her children, a proud grandmother, and a loving "Mom" to her dogs. She and her husband enjoyed their retirement together - wide ranging discussions, listening to bluegrass music, going on a tour of Sicily and Italy, doing crossword puzzles together, and taking care of each other. In recent years they were rarely far from each other's sides.

Susan is predeceased by her parents, Dick and Daisy Donohue; brothers, Paul and Michael Donohue.

She is survived by her husband, Carmen C. Chimento; sister, Sarah Burke; brother, Terry Donohue; sister-in-law, Mrs. Sally Donohue; children, Barrett Blake, Karen Chimento and partner, Pam Crosby, Dina Comeau, Carmen E. Chimento; step-son, Tony Chimento and wife, Kandy; grandchildren, Tyler, Christina, Conrad, Leslie, Will, Matthew, Nicholas, Anna, Willow; great-grandchildren, Gideon, Jude, Thea; as well as many beloved cousins, nieces and nephews. "She will be missed" does not capture the enormity of our loss.

An internment service will take place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hallstead, PA at 3:00pm on Saturday, December 14th.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the hospice that took such wonderful care of Susan and her mother in their last days: Community Hospice House, 210 Naticook Road, Merrimack, NH 03054.