Susan Jane Atwill Cline

September 17, 1937 - April 19, 2016

Susan Jane Atwill Cline, wife, mother, sister, friend, passed away April 19, 2016, in Reno, Nevada, of complications from a stroke on February 28. Sue was born September 17, 1937 in Pasadena, California to John and Nancy Atwill. She graduated from South Pasadena High School in 1955 and married John Cline in 1957. They had three children: Nancy, Frank, and Deborah. Sue and John and the children moved often for his many assignments, first as an Episcopal priest serving churches in southern California, then as a Chaplain in the U. S. Army. After John left the military, he and his family served churches in Crescent City, Alturas, and Joshua Tree/29 Palms, California. In 1989, John and Sue retired to Calpine, California. Sue wore many hats: mother, wife, seamstress, crafter, quilter, photographer, school volunteer, Girl Scout leader and board member, co-owner of the Crescent City Greyhound Bus Depot, attendee at the Calpine Water Board meetings, often reminding them of Parliamentary procedure, member and longtime Mission Committee secretary of St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church, Tahoe City, and member and secretary of the Cabin Fever Quilt Guild, Portola, CA. The Quilt Guild became Sue’s second family, for there she found fellowship, friendship and a means of expressing her tremendous creativity. Sue was preceded in death by parents John and Nancy Atwill, sister Mary Atwill Baker, son Frank A. Cline, and husband John E. Cline. She is deeply missed by brother John (Jack) Atwill and his wife Laura Hull, daughter Deborah Cline Knochenhauer, husband Mark Knochenhauer, granddaughters Giguette and Gillian Knochenhauer, daughter Nancy Cline Wright and husband John Wright, one niece, six nephews, and many, many friends. Sue was a great supporter of organizations that help and protect animals and nature. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Golden Gate Basset Rescue (http://www.ggbassetrescue.org/info/donate PO Box 4958 Petaluma, CA 94955) or the High Sierra Animal Shelter (https://e-giving.org/egivinglogin.asp?id=3912 PO Box 548 Portola, CA 96122). A memorial service celebrating Sue’s life will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2:00PM at Saint Nicholas’ Episcopal Church, 855 West Lake Blvd Tahoe City, CA 96145. A private interment will be held at Sierra Mountain Cemetery, where Sue will be laid to rest with her son Frank and husband John.