Respectance: Online Tribute and Memorial

Memories of Suzanne Wangler

Just heard the news

Jay Dinneen (Dec 06, 2008)

I had met Suzzane right when she moved from Royal Oak to Birmingham. It was during her divorced - - maybe later she moved back to Royal Oak. Anyway, I never went out with her but we hung out a few times. I could see that she had issues - - maybe a little more like all other people but not extreme. Like alot of these posts, people can get involved in things that they don't necessarily know has consequences. I do remember her talking about this financial opportunity. I guess what I am saying is that she was vulnerable. A very beautiful person, sensitive, a little off due to what had been happening in her life. I wish I would have been more insistent that she see someone. I think she wanted to have "the life". But I wanted to tell her this "fabulous life" is all BS. We all can be vulnerable and get into some unwise things. I wish to god I would have assisted. I could have tried to help.

God bless you kids because I know you loved your mom and still do.

My Memory

Loren (Oct 03, 2008)

This is a very sad ending of life for a very talented and wonderful person. I wish that she could have reached out to someone for help. I do know from experience that usually when it comes to that point it is too late. So sad because there were so many that would have helped her.

I knew her from many years ago when she was a reporter in Lansing. It was so evident that she was going up and that the sky was the limit. The one thing that sticks out in my mind the most was that she was a very kind person. I never saw her snap at anyone or talk badly about them. What a rarity.

God rest her beautiful soul and look over her children that obviously loved her so much.

Sierra Wangler

Sierra (Jul 01, 2008)

not everyone knew my mom. but everyone thought they had the right 2 judge my mom. She was a spectacular women. But not everyone saw that, because of all the things people said about her. she means the world 2 me. and i know she is right next 2 me when i go 2 sleep, and when i am @ school. She always would wake up @ 1 am in the morning to sleep w/ me because i had a nightmare, or help me w/ homework. She always was the best party througher, and was nice 2 everyone she met. She always helped out @ my school , and was always a field trip volunteer. I wish she had never got into knowing Les p. But he led her down the wrong path, but no one , not even us could help that. I still have nightmares about my mom. ANd riding my bike by her house, and there are realator people there. It makes me sick to my stomach. but i know she will live forever and ever. And i will soon live w/ her . Even though all the things that peanda, and al those other sites where people make up fake things about my mom. I dont care. If they take their own time to write something nasty, and rude about my mom. It means they are jealous. I love my mom. And she lives forever. and ever in my heart. Mom your the best!!!!!!! My mother was the best, and no one can take that way from me

Jay Dinneen (Dec 06, 2008)

Hi Sierra, You probably don't know me too much - - I painted your house for your mom when you lived in Royal Oak. It was that really big house. it was right before she sold it and you moved to Birmingham that I had painted it. My daughter is Annabella. Anyway, I really liked your mom and I just want you and the your brother and sister to know that. I never got to know her much but she was a cool lady. We did some things together sometimes. - - take care, Jay Dinneen

My Memory For Suzanne`s Kids

D. C. (Jun 05, 2008)

I knew your mom for many years, we worked in a couple cities together as we were both working our way up in the news business. She was a wonderful person and a very good friend to me. We both were pregnant at the same time several times-and it was always fun to compare notes, and complain about being big and trying to hurry to cover breaking stories. When the Detroit newspapers were on strike, she and I met up every day, covering the situation in Sterling Heights. We were both pregnant at the time, and even though I knew I would be sitting there for a long time, I knew it would be okay because Suzanne would be there too. She was so proud of you all, and enjoyed showing pictures of you in all of your activities. She loved being a mom...she told me that many, many times. I would just like you to know that I am thinking of all of you, and that your mom was a good friend, and a special person, and I will always miss her. God Bless all of you, and know that she is still with you and watching you, and loving you.

Cheerleading Tryouts

Barb Belich (Apr 06, 2008)

To Suzanne's Children....My fondest memory is when your mom made me go to cheerleading tryouts. As everyone who knows both her and I, she was very talented and coordinated, and I was not. However, she made me believe in myself and gave me confidence to go tryout. Of course your mom made the team...I didn't come close.

Barb

My Memory

Deron (Mar 30, 2008)

I got to know Suzanne while working with her for only 3-months in West Bloomfield, MI. My desk was in the same corner as hers in a tiny office.

She was always energetic and enthusiastic. A great spirit to be around. At the time she also worked for channel 7. Seeing her on TV over the weekends then at work on Monday was like working with a celebrity. Suzanne was very cool. A beautiful person.

May she rest in peace.

ps.. I think this website is outstanding. I hope everyone that knows Suzanne will see this website.

Our beloved Mom

suzanne's children , Halle, Jack,Jared, (Mar 21, 2008)

Our mom was such a great person. Most people didn't know who she really was. Everybody put out the bad things in her. We love her , and she meant the world to us! We hope that she will have a great time in heaven,may she rest in peace for ever, and ever .We love you !

Very sad

Catherine (Mar 10, 2008)

I did not know her personally but had friends who did. They desctibed her as a lively, charasmatic and capable person. I feel badly that she was not able to reach out to anyone to help her with the divorce and aftermath. IT sounds as if she was not able to coem to grips with that loss. It is so unnessessary that this had to happen. It is very sad.
May she rest in peace.

Tragic

LJB (Mar 07, 2008)

I was an intern at WDIV during the late 1990's. Though I didn't know Suzanne personally, she seemed like a wonderful, energetic person. I just wish she would have gotten help with her troubles before she made such a tragic decision. She had so much going for her. My condolences go out to her family and friends.

a promising life cut short

bk (Mar 02, 2008)

Its just an awful thing. Things can change so quickly in life; its cruel. One thing I won't do is criticize her ex-husband or the news organizations that ran the stories about her troubles.

I'm sure they didn't want any of this to happen, either.

A Stranger's Point of View

Brenda from Columbus Ohio (Mar 01, 2008)

I do not know Suzanne but my heart goes out to her friends, family and especially her children that she left behind. It's troubling to hear of a person who was apparently so successful and loved by many to come upon such hard times. It makes you realize how short life is and how important it is to check on your friends when they are down. Thank you for sharing the pictures of her that give her more humanity than the one that is widely published of her arrest. May God bless her loved ones left behind - keep her memory alive with something good.

My Memory

Jeff O'Connor (Feb 29, 2008)

I went to high school with her. I was devistated when I heard the news.
May GOD rest her beautiful soul in peace and her family and friends find peace.