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Cynthia Sue Blumer

College of Public Programs and English Department

   

  

Sue Blumer

  

September 21, 2022

Cynthia Sue Blumer, who recently celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary with H. Maynard Blumer, passed peacefully early September 21, 2022. A long-time member of Paradise Valley United Methodist Church. Sue was involved in various leadership roles, study groups, and mission work, both locally and globally. Always a student, Sue retired from Arizona State University after years of serving students in the College of Public Programs and teaching in the English Department. A long-time member of Paradise Valley United Methodist Church. Sue was involved in various leadership roles, study groups, ad mission work, both locally and globally. Always a student, Sue retired from Arizona State University after yars of serving students in the College of Public Programs and teaching in the English Department. Sue was born in Dallas, Texas, to D. Haden Linebaugh and Lorene McCarty Linebaugh in 1933. Her mother passed when Sue was five, and Sue and her father lived with barious grandparents, aunts, and uncles in Texas and Oklahoma, until Haden married Elizabeth Crockett when Sue was twelve. Sue attended Classen High School in Oklahoma City and met Maynard at Oklahoma A & M (Okla. State U.) They married Sept. 2, 1952, and Sue completed her degree in English summa cum laude at Wichita State University. In addition to Maynard, Sue is survived by her children, Martha Blumer, Laura Blumer Balcom, and Eric Blumer, their spouses Roger Balcom and Karen Blumer, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Her last words, pointing to each family member, were "I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love God." A memorial service will take place Sunday, September 25th at 4:00 PM, at Paradise Valley United Methodist Church, live-streamed at live.pvumc.org. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Arizona State University Retirees Association. "ASURA Scholarship Fund, in honor of Sue Blumer."