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Susan Irene (Farrar) Thomas of Powhatan Virginia passed on December 9, 2020 at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital of pulmonary hypertension resulting from polycythemia vera. She was born in Granite City Illinois on December 17, 1950 into a family of six brothers who all preceded her in death. Her parents, John Dow Farrar and Velma Irene Farrar, preceded her as well. In the mid-1950 s her father passed and the family moved to their heritage home in Salem, Missouri. She was the most beautiful ray of fall sunshine ever to grace an Ozark Mountain oak that one could imagine. Sue attended Salem Public Schools through the eighth grade before moving to Belleville Illinois for her high school years; graduating from Belleville High School East. Following graduation she was employed with the Shickadance Insurance company before beginning her long tenure in service with the federal government and the State of Delaware, both from which she retired. She was a very highly regarded and awarded employe