“The love a mother gives knows no boundaries,” wrote Susan Rosa’s children in a tribute. “There isn’t anything she won’t do for her children and her family. We don’t realize just how much she loves us; and we never really appreciate her until she is no longer here.

“Our mom decided on Feb. 20, that it was time for her to join our dad. She missed him terribly, and truly could not live without him. As difficult as this time has been for us, we know she is happy with dad now.”

Susan “Sue” Rosa died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 in Loudonville, New York.

Mrs. Rosa is probably best known for driving a school bus (with Mickey Mouse on the grill) for Guilderland. After retiring from the school district, she worked for many years at the Board of Cooperative Educational Services as a teaching assistant in the cosmetology program as well as the food service program.

“She was also a part time employee for the Town of Guilderland Parks and Recreation Department for many years before moving to sunny Florida with our dad,” her family wrote.

Mrs. Rosa was a member of the Helderberg Reformed Church in Guilderland Center; the Guilderland Center Fire Department Ladies’ Auxiliary; the Helderberg Chapter 301 Order of the Eastern Star; the Fraternal Order of the Eagles 3885 in Englewood, Florida; and the Women of the Moose 758 in Englewood, Florida.

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Susan Rosa is survived by her children, Suzanne Spiak and her husband, Dave, Tracy Durand, Todd Rosa and his wife, Noelle; her grandchildren, Cristen Lare and her husband, Josh, David Spiak, Stephanie Meikle and her husband, Jordan, Eric Durand, Andrew Rosa, Alex Rosa, Stephanie VanAlstyne, and Victoria VanAlstyne; and her great-grandchildren, Addison and Cooper Lare, Brooke Spiak, Lillian Stow-Rosa, and Jonah Tocco.

Mrs. Rosa’s husband of 67 years, Edwin Rosa, died on Sept. 21, 202.

A service will take place for both Susan and Edwin Rosa at Saratoga National Cemetery in Saratoga on April 16 at 10 a.m. The Rosas’ children invite you to join them for a celebration of life on Sunday, April 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Clubhouse at Mill Hollow at 48 Bavarian Way in Altamont.

Memorial messages may be left at www.altamontenterprise.com/milestones.

Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Baldrick’s Foundation, 1333 South Mayflower Ave., Suite 400 Monrovia, CA 91016 or to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.