Medical Figure. A victim of breast cancer, she lost her battle with the disease in 1980. Near the end of her life, she asked her sister Nancy Brinker to help find a cure for the disease. In 1982, Nancy founded the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in her sister's memory. It has since become a nationally renown foundation with its annual, "Race for the Cure".
Medical Figure. A victim of breast cancer, she lost her battle with the disease in 1980. Near the end of her life, she asked her sister Nancy Brinker to help find a cure for the disease. In 1982, Nancy founded the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in her sister's memory. It has since become a nationally renown foundation with its annual, "Race for the Cure".
Bio by: Joshua Ross
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In life, a cherished daughter, beloved mother and devoted sister.
In death, a Promise and a Race for the Cure so that others might live.
In the hearts of millions, a name of love and compassion that shall live forever.
Gravesite Details
Original cemetery closed and her body was moved to Parkview Cemetery
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