Susan Alm Hawks, 81, active in community
Susan Matarese Alm Hawks of 25 Mimosa Court, who was active in several Ridgefield organizations, died on Thursday, Oct. 24, at her home. She was 81 years old and the widow of Kenneth Hawks and of Carl Alm.
Mrs. Hawks was born in Providence, R.I., on Jan. 23, 1921, and attended Rhode Island schools. As a young woman she moved to New York where she at first worked on Wall Street, and later became a computer operator for Sears Roebuck and Company at its offices in Manhattan.
Mrs. Hawks had lived in Brooklyn, Yorktown and Hawthorne, N.Y., before moving to Ridgefield eight years ago. Here, she became active in the Ridgefield Senior Citizens, the OWLS, and the Ridgefield Chapter of AARP where she had served as a vice-president and board member. Her late husband, Ken Hawks, had been a volunteer fireman in Hawthorne, and Mrs. Hawks became a member of the Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She also attended St. Mary’s Church.
“She was always very active,” said her daughter Patricia Mastellone of Ridgefield. “She enjoyed people.”
Mrs. Hawks also enjoyed art, and both painted and sketched. She also crocheted and “loved to read,” her daughter said.
Mrs. Hawks is survived by a son: Carl Douglas Alm of Massapequa, N.Y.; two daughters: Susan P. Alm of Carmel, N.Y., and Patricia E. Mastellone of Ridgefield; two sisters, Rita Gronne of Wilton and Phyllis Claussen of New York City; nine grandchildren including Charles and Christopher Mastellone of Ridgefield; nine great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services took place on Monday in the Amawalk Hill Cemetery, Yorktown.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Hawks’ memory may be made to Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut, 405 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.