Susan Milligan

Susan Beth Span Milligan of Edgewater, NJ died peacefully on Friday April 9, 2021, surrounded by family. She was 75. Sue was born to Samuel and Evelyn Span in Paterson NJ on July 9, 1945. She attended Teaneck High School and one or two colleges before finding her place and her lifelong friends at Fairleigh Dickenson University, where she also met her husband and love of her life, Terence. They were married in 1966 on Christmas Day and cherished their life together for 54 years. Susan is survived by her husband Terence, brother David Regenspan, two children, Jason Milligan and Rachel Ferat, their spouses Amy and Dan, and three grandchildren, Ella, Luna and Mars. She earned two master's degrees in her lifetime, one in drama and one in early childhood education. Sue had many jobs over the years including drama teacher, toy factory owner and health science administrator, but her favorite by far was teaching at the Medical Center Nursery School in Washington Heights from which she retired two years ago. Susan loved baseball and was a lifetime Yankee fan. It was her final wish that they win the series this year. Susan had Interstitial Lung Disease, about which little is known. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation https://secure.qgiv.com/for/pulfibfou/ or to Dr. Hasan Garan’s Research in Cardiac Electrophysiology via Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. https://www.givenow.columbia.edu/# search for “Electrophysiology.” She never missed a meal As per the request of the immediate family services will be private. To virtually attend the service at the Funeral Home on Monday April 12th from 9:30am-10:30am please click the following link. https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/84343408 The family will be available for outdoor visitation at Rachel, Dan, and Ella’s home, 9 Allen Place, Fair Lawn, NJ, at the following times: Monday-Saturday, April 12-17: 3-6pm To ensure Covid safety, we will need to limit the number of people visiting at any one time to five. Please click the link to sign up for a time slot https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0b4ea5a92da2fa7-susan please fill a slot for each person who will come with you. Park on Howard Avenue and walk down Allen Place and around the house to the porch. Please be mindful of crowding, wear a mask, and distance appropriately. We will also be available via zoom. We will begin assigning times between 7-8pm on Tuesday. If there are too many people for that time we will add similar times on Wednesday, and more after that if needed. Sign up to receive a time here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLguE-NZNf94N7hfPa0AsUG6wqcKQQ0E4i2kpBQcEQ6w8VNw/viewform If you would like to see us outside of these scheduled times, please email Rachel at rachelferat@gmail.com and we will set up a zoom at a mutually conducive time. We are sure we won’t be able to see everyone who was touched by Susan this week, due to her incredible capacity for getting to know people. Fortunately, we expect we will be happy to reminisce about Susan long into the future so we will welcome phone calls, zoom visits, and eventually in-person visits after this week.

Susan Milligan

July 9, 1945 - April 9, 2021