Suzanne "Suzi" Kay Squires, 46, Peculiar, Missouri, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 1 at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville. Friends may call from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Casco Workshop, c/o Ginny Kalmer, 1800 West Vine Street, Harrisonville, MO 64701 or Special Olympics Missouri, 1001 Diamond Ridge, Suite 800, Jefferson City, MO 65109 (somo.org)

Suzi was born July 22, 1966 in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of James and Carole Squires. She lived to go to work every day and loved to participate in Special Olympics. She will truly be missed by her many FWI (Foundation Workshop Inc.) and Casco Workshop friends and Special Olympians. She had worked at FWI in Grandview, Missouri for 19 years and for Casco Workshop for 6 years.

Suzi had lived in Niwot, Colorado before moving to Grandview, Missouri where she lived for 34 years before moving to Peculiar, Missouri in 2006. She attended school at Trails West and was a member of Trails West Special Olympics Team in Kansas City, Missouri.

Suzi was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Elmer and Iva. She is survived by her parents, Jim and Carole, Peculiar, Missouri; her sister, Kathy Squires, Peculiar, Missouri; her brother and his wife, Dennis and Celia Squires of Raymore, Missouri and their children, Carolyn, Amanda and Robert; her paternal grandfather, Lee Squires, Memphis, Tennessee; her paternal grandmother, Mildred Meyer, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

The family wishes to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at Cass Regional Medical Center for their efforts and loving attitudes.