Laura "Suzanne" Pusch, 68, Leawood, Kansas, died Sunday, May 5, 2013 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri with burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Friends may call from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to: Head For the Cure Foundation, 2020 Baltimore, Suite 201, Kansas City, MO 64108.

Suzanne was born May 5, 1945 in Bremerton, Washington, the daughter of Guy Franklin and Laura Emily (Rosanbalm) Kohler. She grew up in Harrisonville, Missouri and was a 1963 graduate of Harrisonville High School. She attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri and received an Associate's Degree from Longview Community College in electronics engineering technology.

Suzanne married John H. Pusch on April 2, 1969. She had lived in Leawood, Kansas since 1998. She worked as a project manager for AT&T for 20 years before retiring in 2002. Suzanne was a member of the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas and a member of the women's business organization, ZONTA.

Suzanne was preceded in death by her father, Guy Kohler and one brother, Frank Kohler. She is survived by her husband, John Pusch, of the home; one son, Michael Pusch and his wife, Kristen, Overland Park, Kansas; her mother, Laura Kohler, Leawood, Kansas; one brother, Gary Kohler of Panama; one sister, Marilyn Curtis, Westwood Hills, Kansas; and two grandsons, Garrett and Logan Pusch.