Susan DiMemmo passed away, peacefully, on July 28, 2024. She was born January 25, 1932, the daughter of Polish immigrants, Katrzyna and Albert Grochala, and the youngest of 6 children. She grew up in the Polish section of Trenton, a student of Holy Cross and Cathedral schools. She married her “one and only” James DiMemmo and together they had 4 children, Jamie (Joe) Auletta of Lawrenceville, James, who died shortly after birth, James DiMemmo (Margaret) of Pennington, Carolyn (Michael) Kaschak of Bay Head and former son-in-law, David Lauer. She is survived by six grandchildren, Jessica DeSantis, Jamie Auletta, Lauren Richards, Katie DiMemmo, and Christian and James Lauer. She was a great grandmother to Gianna, Dante, Wyatt and Nora and aunt to many nieces and nephews. After Cathedral, she received her hairdressing license which was never put to professional use, but her skills were not lost on family members, who received many a good perm and nightly sponge rolling to achieve “kielbasy curls”. A work ethic worthy of emulation, Susan proved it was possible to have it all, just not all at once. While her children were young, she devoted her life to her family with nightly homecooked meals and a meticulously clean home. Her children came home from school for lunch and the family always gathered around the dinner table for her delicious cooking. A tradition of weekly Friday night dinners formed but not for pierogies or stuffed cabbage, but rather, for the best homemade pasta and her legendary Trenton tomato pies. Model thin and chic, Susan loved to dress and would shop in the area’s most fashionable boutiques of the ‘60s and ‘70s. She had an eye for shoes and a closet to bear witness with a custom shoe rack crafted by David for whom she would buy a pair of shoes every Christmas. Susan waited for her youngest to enter college before entering the workforce. At age 49, she began a 35-year career with CCL, Hightstown, retiring at the age of 84. There, she not only kept her mind sharp, she built lasting friendships, especially Karen Kleinkoff who carpooled with Susan. On snowy, wintery mornings Karen would retrieve Susan and carefully walk her to the car. Even after retirement, Karen would visit Susan with novels she would read for hours on her front porch in warm weather. A devout Catholic and parishioner of St. Raphael’s Church, Susan was involved in the Catholic Charismatic movement in the late 1970s and the Renew in the mid-1980s where she hosted prayer meetings in her home. Susan was blessed with a gift of the Holy Spirit and could pray in “tongues”. She faithfully prayed, and never forgot anyone in need of prayer. Her faith was unwavering throughout all of her life’s challenges and would live by Padre Pio’s adage “pray, hope and don’t worry”. Susan was a maternal force. Her unconditional love for her children continued in her devotion to her grandchildren. She was endlessly generous, always sharing her earnings among her grandkids. Sundays after church were devoted to regular trips to Toys R Us where they could choose one toy. One of her greatest joys was attending her grandsons’ baseball games. She never missed one. After a long day of work, she would hop in her car and head over to the baseball field to cheer them and traveled to other states to watch their regional championships. The boys had Susan to thank for miraculously removing ground in baseball dirt, their uniforms sparkling white or their Pennington school button downs precision ironed. A dry cleaner had nothing on Susan. She even ironed her pajamas and her husband’s cloth napkins. Living with her grandchildren, Susan's home was always full of energy, entertainment and Eagles football games. Her home also always included pets, initially cats. She had a strategy of smuggling in a stray in need of a home and would hide the stray until she could slowly convince her husband to add another pet to the family. Once the tables were turned and her husband brought home two chicks, much to her dismay. In later years, her home included dogs, Marble, Baily and German Shepherd Grizzly, who kept a keen eye on Susan, alerting family members when she called out for them during sleep. Susan also loved her home’s wildlife and enjoyed tossing squirrels some peanuts while she read her novels on the front porch. Even outside the home, Susan was blessed with caring and loving friends and neighbors. Patrick and Ivy Towbin generously snow shoveled her property. Ed and Joanne Cuomo would often bring a tasty meal and cookies. Tim Nist and Bill Van Ness would visit weekly with her favorite lemon meringue pies. Laughter, conversation and prayer would be shared with all. Susan’s work ethic was impressive, the karma of her life would be even more so, because as Susan grew less independent with age and sustained a femur-breaking fall, those she cared for were there for her when she was in the greatest need. Family members came together with aides Davonne Washington and Lillian Thomas, who were angels. Both would come to feel her maternal love. Lil would kiss Susan goodbye in the Sign of the Cross, Davonne came to her side until the very end. Burial services were held in private. In her memory, donations can be made to the ASPCA.