Suzanne Frances Munson, M.D. was born and raised in Lakeland before attending The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. After graduating with honors from Hotchkiss, Suzanne enrolled at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Princeton with Departmental Honors. She earned a two-year fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland before earning her Doctorate of Medicine from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Suzanne was in her first year of residency with the Cornell University / New York-Presbyterian Hospital where she planned to specialize in Pediatric Psychiatry.

A lifelong commitment to service, particularly to children, made Suzanne an active member of every community she graced. Amongst her roles were Youth Outreach Liaison to the Princeton University Student Volunteers Council, Project Director for youth charity Homefront, Organizer of the Princeton University Annual Run for the Hungry, a volunteer and Spanish translator for the Princeton Medical Center Emergency Room, Hospital Inpatient Liaison for the Pediatric Interest Group for the Medical College of Virginia, and an Intern for the Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine. Professionally, she was a seven-time published author of works in the field of Developmental Psychology.

Suzanne passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York City. Suzanne, 28, had been hospitalized following surgical complications due to an illness of the lungs. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her death.

She was truly loved by all of whom she touched.

Suzanne is survived by parents Peter J. Munson and Frances M. Munson, both of Lakeland, as well as brother John W. Munson of Manhattan.