Susan Lee Lockie, 45

Susan Lee Lockie, 45, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, due to a reaction to chemotherapy.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint. A reception will follow at the Southside Elementary School, where Sue was a volunteer and worked for many years.

Sue was born on June 1, 1962, in Tucson, Ariz., to Melvin and Jean McAllister. She graduated from Saugus High School in Saugus, Calif. She moved to Sandpoint in 1985 and attended classes at North Idaho Community College.

Sue married Scott Lockie on Sept. 7, 1996, in Spokane, Wash., and the couple soon had a son, Sheldon.

She was a devoted mother and wife. She leaves a legacy of reading to Southside Elementary School, where she implemented the Idaho Reads! VISTA literacy program in which volunteer community members read with students.

Sue was a member of the Southside PTA, Circle and Swing Square Dance Club, and was a committee member for Boy Scouts of America Southside Pack No. 141. Sue loved her home on Cocolalla Lake, she enjoyed yard sales, camping, dancing, and traveling to Hawaii.

She was most proud of her son, Sheldon, for whom she fought a courageous battle against cancer. She will be sorely missed.

She is survived by her loving husband, Scott Lockie of Cocolalla, Idaho; a son, Sheldon Lockie of Cocolalla; her mother, Jean McAllister of Cocolalla; her father, Melvin McAllister of Tehachapi, Calif.; her twin sister, Sherry (Bill) Mitchell of Sagle, Idaho; two brothers, Eric (Emily) McAllister of Plymouth, Mich., and Steve (Sheila) McAllister of Riverton, Wyo.; nieces, Cassie, Sierra and Bailey; and a nephew, Ben.

Memorial donations may be made to Southside Elementary Idaho Reads! VISTA Program, PO Box 159, Cocolalla, ID 83813.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements.

Please visit Sue’s memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her online guest book.