Marital Status: Married
No. of Children: 4
From Sue:
In 1964, after graduating from Marycrest College, I moved to northwestern California for my first teaching job. I married in 1965 and had two children--a boy, Sean in 1966 and a daughter, Stephanie in 1967. My first marriage ended in divorce. Five years later I met my present husband, Thomas Wertheimer, my cousin's navy buddy. We have two boys, Ganya, 32, named after his grandmother's maiden name, and Robert, 31, who has Down Syndrome. We are now blessed to have five grandchildren, Bridget, Gonpo, Weylin, Ryder, and Reese. The last two we don't see very often because they live in Singapore.
Over the years we've tried to live on our 24.8 acres 25 miles from the town of Ukiah, California. We've struggled to stay in our unfinished cabin, yet participate in a regular American life, so we've moved back and forth from the mountain to town three times. Hopefully, we'll be able to finish our home and retire to the mountain in 2012.