Susanne Smith-Gween, 71, passed away Oct. 13 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. She was born in Red Bank to Leonard and Patricia (Kellenyi) Chernavsky and she had lived in both Fair Haven and Red Bank.
Susanne worked as a nurses’ aide for many years at Shrewsbury Manor and, more recently, caring for her mother.
She was predeceased by her father; both of her husbands, Craig Smith and David Gween; and her sister Bonnie Neapolitano.
Surviving is her daughter Antoinette Brock; her mother Patricia; her siblings and their spouses: Daniel and Janine Chernavsky, Dennis and Katie Redditt, Bridget Vandenboss and George Berger, Jill and Gary Homefield; and her beloved grandchildren, Nicole and Craig Brock.
A memorial gathering took place Oct. 18 at the John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank.
The article originally appeared in the October 22 – 28, 2020 print edition of The Two River Times.
