Susan D. Bravo

Susan D. Bravo passed away on Oct. 10, 2023. Born in 1953, she was the daughter of Babe and Adel Durando and sister to Mary, Richard and Tim.

She attended Mount St. Mary’s College after finishing at Wasco High School, graduating with a BSN in 1975. In 1976, she married Keith Bravo at St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church in Los Angeles.

After he finished his internal medicine and pediatrics residencies in Springfield, Mass., they moved to Bishop in 1989, where their two sons were born. In 1999, the family moved to Steubenville, Ohio, where they lived for 20 years.

In 2019, the family again moved, this time to Saint Paul, Mo., where Susan succumbed to breast cancer four years later. She was a nurse, wife, mother, teacher and ardent Catholic, and is survived by her husband, Keith, and sons Josh and Benjamin.

In lieu of gifts, the family has requested donations be given to the St. Joseph Foundation, 85882 Water Works Rd., Hopedale, OH 43972. 740-937-2054.