Sue Hiltner

Sue A. "Susie" Hiltner, age 54 of Melrose, died unexpectedly from complications of diabetes on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota. On this day, God took her home to be pain free.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, October 7 from 1 to 4 p.m., with words of remembrance beginning at 3 p.m. at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.

Sue Ann Hiltner was born August 8, 1964 in Paynesville, Minnesota to Raymond and Alice (Mohs) Hiltner. She held numerous jobs in Sauk Centre and was currently working at Walmart for the past 15 years.

Susie adored her family, especially her nieces and nephews. She enjoyed everything when it came to the kids. Birthday parties, decorating cookies, taking them to the park and zoo, whatever it had to do with the kids, she was all over it. Susie was the family Santa Claus and loved and cherished every minute of it. She also enjoyed watching cartoons and her wonderful collection of Disney movies. Sue will be remembered as a great person who had a heart of gold. She would do anything and everything for anybody.

Survivors include her mother, Alice Hiltner of Melrose; life partner, David Fox and his children whom Sue acted as their mother, Cammi, Amanda, and Tiara and their children whom Sue acted as their grandma, Madison, Oliver, Marlee, Riley, and Destiny; sisters and brothers, Lori Heath of Maple Grove, Lynn (Loren) Pundsack of Melrose, Don Hiltner of Melrose, and Ron (Tammy) Hiltner of Sauk Centre; nieces and nephews, Mallory (Erik), Kyle (Amanda), Stephanie, Donald, and Cassandra.

Sue was preceded in death by her daughter, Shana; cat, Shawna Kitty; David's sons, Brandon and Destin; brother-in-law, Tim Heath; father, Raymond Hiltner; sister, Jan Marie Hiltner; and grandparents, Caroline Mohs, and John and Agnes Hiltner.