Harriet Jane Hight Suhany, daughter of the late Joseph Hight and Ethel Grisham Hight, was born on July 9, 1932, in Morehouse, Missouri, and departed this life on Monday, March 27, 2023 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 90 years.
Mrs. Suhany was a stay-at-home mom until her youngest child entered school. She was then a cook at Southwest Elementary in Dexter, Missouri for over 20 years. During the summer, she was also a cook for the Baptist Church camp in Van Buren, Missouri. She enjoyed gardening and canning. She loved raising African Violets and watching St. Louis Cardinal Baseball. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter.
On December 31, 1953, in Morehouse, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Rev. Vincent Suhany. Rev. Suhany preceded her in death on April 23, 2016.
She is survived by two sons, Dr. Mark Suhany and wife Lisa of Henderson, Nevada and Daniel Suhany of Carrollton, Texas; by two daughters, Barbara Short and husband Randy of Jamestown, Kentucky and Ilona Sadler and husband Kevin of Bloomfield, Missouri; by her twin brother, Harry Hight of Peoria, Illinois; by five grandchildren, Sarah Jane Shoemaker and husband Adam of Hickory Creek, Texas, Susan Short of Jamestown, Kentucky, Kellie Justice and husband Michael of Russell Springs, Kentucky, Holly Short of Jamestown, Kentucky, and Jackson Suhany of Carrollton, Texas; by two step-grandchildren, Michael Sadler of Dexter, Missouri and Ashley Blackwell of Dexter, Missouri; by eight great-grandchildren, Reid Shoemaker, Harper Shoemaker, Ayden Sadler, Jensen Blackwell, Liam Sadler, Ronin Blackwell, Shire Sadler, and Swayze Sadler; and by a special niece, Barbara Nesser of Sunset Hills, Missouri.
Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her grandson, Carl Vincent Short; by her daughter-in-law, Michelle Suhany; three brothers, Hallie Hight, Harold Hight, Howard Hight; and by five sisters, Helen Hight, Hazel Moran, Havetta McCain, Hetty Austin, and Hilda Jo Rhodes.
Special thank you to the staff at the Sikeston Convalescent Center for their loving care the last four years and to Crown Hospice for their compassionate care during her final days.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, March 30, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Lonny Mittag officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at Alzheimer’s.org.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.
