Susan Craig (Russell) Shoemaker, born Sept. 24, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN to Harry L. Russell and Mildred (Spaw) Russell, died at her home in Burlington, KS on March 15, 2019.  She attended Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis.  In 1957, she married Robert Paul Shoemaker (USN Ret) and they had three children.  She worked in several jobs over the years, but was primarily a homemaker, supporting her husband's military career and facilitating her family's relocation around the country on multiple occasions.

She is survived by her son, Mark Allen Shoemaker and wife Sherry of Indianapolis; daughter Dale Robin Free and husband Michael of Vicksburg, MS; daughter Lynn Carol Morgan and husband David of Burlington, KS; grandchildren Fallon Nicole (Free) Dale and husband Jared, Robert Clark Shoemaker, Taylor Francis Morgan, Russell Garrett Morgan, and Nathaniel Craig Morgan; great-granddaughter Kaitlyn Cook; sister Sarah (Russell) Okey; and numerous nephews and nieces.  She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, parents, stepmother Jane Russell, sister Georgia (Russell) Beeman, and granddaughter Lauren Marie Shoemaker.

The family will welcome visitors at Lamont Wesleyan Church on March 22, 2019, at 11:00 am with a service to follow at the church at 12:00 pm.  Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Burlington immediately after the service.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contribution to Susan's church, Lamont Wesleyan Church, P.O. Box 593, Lamont, KS 66855.