Susan Chermak Sodomka, just as she lived, gracefully departed this life on Friday, December 15, 2006. Mrs. Sodomka was 96 years of age and spent her entire life in the Hopewell area. Thousands of Hopewell High graduates will remember her as â??The Lady in Whiteâ? at Coleyâ??s Confectionary, who with a great smile, served them hot dogs, burgers, cherry cokes and cho-chos. Many the local lady visited Kepleyâ??s Cloth Corner to be helped by Mrs. Sodomka who had a special â??knackâ? with colors and style. Mrs. Sodomka was married to Joseph Sodomka for 69 years until his death in 2002. She is survived by their three children, Frederick Sodomka and wife Joan of Great Falls, MT, Roberta Rucker and husband Larry of Goochland, VA, and Stanley Sodomka and wife Harlene of Charlottesville, VA; two grandchildren, Becky Venters of Colorado Springs, CO, and Heather Creech of Glen Allen, VA. Mrs. Sodomka was a member of West End Presbyterian Church for 70 plus years. The family will receive friends at the J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home of Hopewell, VA on Monday, December 18, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, 2 p.m. at the West End Presbyterian Church, Hopewell. Interment will follow in Merchants Hope Memorial Gardens, Prince George, VA. The family wishes to express a special thank you to Pat Beville and Becky Harris for their long and loyal service to both Mr. and Mrs. Sodomka. Condolences may be registered at
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â??I shall not live until I see God;
and when I have seen Him,
I shall never die.â?
John Donne.