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IN MEMORIAM: Susan Reisen, 79;

Retired From Bassett Hospital ICU

Sue Brisson

FLY CREEK – Catherine Susan Brisson (Reisen), who worked in Bassett Hospital's ICU for many years, went to rest quietly on All Hallow’s Eve.

She was born on 29 July 1940, in Bayshore, L.I., the daughter of Dorothy Mercedes Baker and John Oliver Brisson. In 1963, she married William John Reisen, Sr. Early in her life she started going by her middle name, Sue.

For many years she worked as a Unit Clerk in the ICU at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown. She enjoyed her work and made many long-lasting friendships at Bassett that endured long after her retirement; most notably her dear friends Mary Cummings, Judy Carson, and Bonnie Craig.

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