Dr. Anthony Frederick (Tony) Susen and Phyllis Elayne Beeson

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Husband Dr. Anthony Frederick (Tony) Susen

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           Born: Cir 1921 - Cook County, IL
       Baptized: 
           Died: 20 Mar 2008 - Burgess, Northumberland County, VA
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Phyllis Elayne Beeson

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           Born: 9 Nov 1942 - Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK
       Baptized: 
           Died: 7 Jul 2002 - Lansing, Tompkins County, NY
         Buried:  - Mineral Springs Cemetery, Mineral Spring, Barry County, MO
Find A Grave ID: 7160900

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         Father: Kenneth Morgan Beeson {FSID: LT4W-PHX, FGID: 5078537}
         Mother: Pearl Irene Wode {FSID: LT4H-79T, FGID: 5078538}

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   Other Spouse: Steven Barbash {FGID: 175869722} - 23 Dec 2000 - Carnegie Hall, New York, Kings County, NY

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Anthony Frederick (Tony) Susen

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from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7160900

"Pittsburgh neurosurgeon"

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-frederick-susen&pid=106164964

"SUSEN DR. ANTHONY FREDERICK
Age 87, of Burgess, VA, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Veil Susen, of Burgess, VA, one daughter; Barbara A. Susen of Biloxi, MS, a son; Paul A. Susan of Oakdale, CT; seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Dr. Susen graduated from Dartmouth College in 1942, and Harvard Medical School in 1945. He interrupted his education to serve for two years as a line officer in the United States Navy. In 1949 he spent six months on a wood hull sailboat mapping the Arctic Ocean on the Blue Dolphin Lab Expedition. Serving as a navigator, radio operator and ships doctor. His many pastimes included sailing and amateur radio. Dr. Susen began his practice in Pittsburgh, PA in 1953. He was the first pediatric neurosurgeon at Childrens Hospital and the only one between Chicago and New York at that time. He served as acting chairman of the Dept. of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh from 1966-1971. He was a member of the Academy of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Susen retired from practice in 1991. The family will receive friends at FAULKNER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, Burgess, VA on Thursday April 10, 2008 from 10-11:00 am. A memorial service will follow at 11:00 am in the funeral home chapel. The family request that memorial contributions be made to the Northumberland County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Reedsville, VA 22539. Online remembrances may be made at;
faulknerfamilyfuneralhome.com
Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb


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Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Mar. 23, 2008."

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General Notes: Wife - Phyllis Elayne Beeson

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from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7160900
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7160900/phyllis-elayne-barbash

BIRTH
9 Nov 1942
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH
7 Jul 2002 (aged 59)
Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, USA
BURIAL
Mineral Springs Cemetery
Mineral Spring, Barry County, Missouri, USA
PLOT
MEMORIAL ID
7160900

Phyllis Susen Barbash / PSO Harpist - Top Music Educator
It takes a luminous second career to outshine the distinction of being a Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musician, but Phyllis had the drive & desire to manage the feat.
Mrs. Barbash died at her home in of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis often called 'Lou Gehrig's disease.' Mrs. Barbash attended the Manhattan School of Music & eventually gained a post in the PSO as a harpist. She performed in that prestigious position from 1966 - 1971.
But she felt the tug of another calling. "Harpists - you know how much they play," said Barbara Thompson, executive director of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras. "She was an energetic person & needed to do more."
Spurred in part by Dr. Anthony Susen, the Pittsburgh neurosurgeon who was then her husband, & by the urging of Marie Maazel, who ran the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, she threw herself into the field of music education. In 1974, she founded the Three Rivers Training Orchestra w/Bernard Goldberg as music director. In 1985, the organization was to merge w/another youth orchestra to become the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras. Mrs. Barbash took to her new role as education advocate quickly.
"The youth orchestra is where she got her feet wet in education, fund-raising & interacting in schools" Thompson said.
After 15 years, the Philadelphia Orchestra hired her to be its director of education. She ran that program so successfully from 1988 to 1994 that Carnegie Hall in NY hired her to revamp its program, which she did from 1994-2001.
"She went very rapidly up the ladder," said Steven Barbash, her husband. "We used to say its a long to Carnegie Hall."
"She basically took an education program that was in its infancy and built it into something that is very well respected, not only in New York City but in the whole country," said Lisa Halasz, the present Carnegie Hall director of education. "She is probably the most famous educator to come out of a cultural institution like an orchestra."
Much of Mrs. Barbash's popularity was due to her endearing personality. "She was very public & social," said her husband. "She was utterly unpretentious, but she was a natural aristocrat. She could get people to do things by acts of will."
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11 Jul 2002 Andrew Druckenbrod, Post-Gazette Classical Music Critic Pittsburgh, PA
(bio by: Family???)

Family links:
Parents:
Kenneth Morgan Beeson (1921 - 2013)
Pearl Irene Wode Beeson (1913 - 1999)

Maintained by: Family??
Originally Created by: Kevin D. Held
Added: 7 Feb 2003
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7160900
memorial page for Phyllis Elayne Beeson Barbash (9 Nov 1942–7 Jul 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7160900, citing Mineral Springs Cemetery, Mineral Spring, Barry County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Family?? (contributor 47422469).

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Notes: Marriage

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