Obituary: Susan Hobbs met Randall Baker in Fiji, and when she got out of the Peace Corps, she followed Randall to Bloomington Indiana, where he is a professor. Susan and Randall got married in 1989 or 1990.
Susan Hobbs
Susan died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1995 at age 35.
After RVRHS, she went to Williams College in Massachusetts for four years, was editor of the college paper, and got her B.A. in Art History. After Williams, she went into the Peace Corps in Fiji, teaching math. She also produced the first English-Fiji Hindi / Fiji Hindi-English dictionary.
She met Randall Baker in Fiji, and when she got out of the Peace Corps, she followed Randall to Bloomington Indiana, where he is a professor. Susan and Randall got married in 1989 or 1990. Susan worked as an editor with the Indiana University publications office. In 1993, they started the process of adoption of a 13 year-old Russian boy, who's late father had known Randall. Eldar's adoption became final in 1994, just before Susan was diagnosed with cancer.
She had an aggressive form, and tried many different treatment options. We all thought there was a good chance she could beat the cancer, up until shortly before she died. The cancer was just too stubborn. It was just under 1 year from when she was diagnosed until she died.