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erature and fine arts in 1956. 
Once her children were in 
school fulltime, Susanne 
went back to college to earn 
a degree in accounting and 
business at Lawrence Institute 
of Technology, where she grad-
uated in 1975.
In 1983, Susanne decided to 
move to sunny Santa Barbara 
to be closer to her sons. She 
was a bookkeeper for the 
jeweler Bryant & Sons before 
embarking on her own book-
keeping service, which provid-
ed monthly payroll, accounting 
and tax preparation services 
for individuals and small busi-
nesses. Never content with 
not learning, she enrolled at 
California Lutheran University 
and earned an M.B.A. in 1987.
Susanne passionately loved 

her dog, Toto, anything Wizard 
of Oz, chocolate, her Michigan 
Wolverines, watching profes-
sional tennis, the news and 
traveling. She was very bright 
and had a quick wit, which 
she would use to humor and 
endear those she encountered, 
even when her dementia had 
taken over. 
Susanne was a collector, 
and all who knew her will 
remember her vast collection 
of miniatures, Toby Mugs and 
hippos that she accumulated 
throughout her adult life. She 
enjoyed using her creative tal-
ents to teach herself and others 
needlepoint and enjoyed build-
ing intricate paper models of 
famous buildings with a scale 
of under 1”
. She will be missed.
Mrs. Zimmerman is sur-

vived by her children, Stanley 
D. Zimmerman of Los Angeles, 
Calif., and Leslie Breck (Ted) of 
Groton, Conn., and Sarasota, 
Fla.; her five grandchildren, 
Dr. Danielle Zimmerman, 
Jonathan Zimmerman, Robert 
W
. Breck II, Thomas A. Breck 
and Eleanor W
. Breck; two 
of her three siblings, N.A. 
Daniels of Tennessee and 
William Altman (Sarah) of San 
Antonio, Texas. 
She was predeceased by 
her oldest son, Rodney P. 
Zimmerman.; and her brother, 
Jerome Altman.
In lieu of flowers, please 
make a donation to the 
University of Michigan in 
Susanne’s name. Arrangements 
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

