Susan Mary "Sue" Riley Clagett, 94, of Princeton, passed away Sunday, August 10, 2008 at the Medical Center at Princeton after struggling with pneumonia and a subsequent stroke.

Born in Louisville, KY, she moved to Mishawauka, IN, where she attended St. Joseph's College for two years and worked as a newspaper reporter. She completed her degree at Barnard College (Columbia University) in New York City. While studying there, she met Marshall Clagett, an instructor at the University, who would eventually become her husband.

Living on Riverside Drive in New York City, Sue worked as a copy editor for Life Magazine in The City. After WWII ended, she and Marshall married and moved to South Bend, IN. She lived abroad for several years and upon returning to the U.S. settled in Madison, WI, as her husband was employed by the University of Wisconsin as a Professor of Historical Science for the next 17 years. She and Marshall came to Princeton in 1964, where he became a permanent member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Department of Historical Science and she worked as an Administrative Assistant in the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.

Sue was a person who truly loved life and enjoyed the simple things found in it. She travelled to Egypt, Scandinavia, Russia and Switzerland. She was an avid reader and photographer and loved solving crossword puzzles. While living in Wisconsin, she and her husband were involved in a poker club with a group of friends and she would bake treats for her husband's students who would attend "classes" at her home. Sue was the Eternal Optimist. Her home phone speed dial had 10 presets. Eight were for family, 1 was for the NJ Lottery and the other for the NY Lottery.

She was predeceased by her husband Marshall Clagett in October of 2005 and three brothers, Bertram, Robert and Richard Riley.

Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Jay K.B. Williams of Baltimore, MD, 2 sons and daughters-in-law; Michael and Glenda Mendelsohn Clagett of Yardley, PA and Dennis and Margarita Rosenthal Clagett of Geneva, Switzerland, five grandchildren, Emily Clagett, Mary Kate DiTursi and her husband Daniel, Jay Williams, Jr., Marshall and Michael Williams, a great grandson Marshall DiTursi, several nieces and nephews and good friends she made in her travels worldwide.

A funeral mass will be held Saturday, August 16, 2008, (time) am at (place) followed by a private cremation. Burial of her cremated remains will be with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA at a later date

Visitation will be on Friday from 5PM to 7PM at the Kimble Funeral Home, One Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542.

Memorial contributions in Sue's memory to Catholic Charities, 383 West State Street, Trenton, NJ, 08618 would be appreciated.