Susan M. Schell

Susan Marie (Lamm) Schell, 73, of Parsons, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2025, at her home.

She was born April 28, 1951, in Parsons, a daughter of Darold and Irene (Maupin) Lamm.  She grew up and attended school in Parsons.

For a number of years, she worked as a seamstress at Fred Ronalds and Brodericks.  In 1991, Susan moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she worked as a seamstress for Levi's.  She returned to Parsons in 2007, to care for her mother.

In 1970, Susan married Kenneth Wood.  The couple later divorced.  In 1996, she and Jack Schell were united in marriage.  The couple later divorced.

For many years, Susan had two pet birds, Billy Bob and Grover, that she loved dearly and called her kids.

Her survivors include her sister, Janice Kay Elliott; her niece, Kimberley Davis and her husband, Steve, and their children; Shelby Norris and her husband, Darian, and their children, Avery and Micah,  and Matthew Davis and his son, Josiah, all of Hutto, Texas; sister-in-law, Lana Pontious, of Parsons, Kansas; two cousins, Danny Hylton and Debi Lane of Skiatook, Oklahoma; and very good friend, Rhonda Cramer, of Parsons, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her father, Darold Lamm; her mother, Irene Harris; two nieces, Melissa Kay Joseph and Melissa Lynn Pontious; and brother-in-law, Jerry Joseph.

There will be a graveside service at a later date.  Cremation is under the direction of the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home of Parsons.