Sylvia (Sue) Rodriguez
Sylvia (Sue) Rodriguez (81) passed away on December 15th, 2018 peacefully at home. She was the wife of Edward Rodriguez, with whom she shared 60 years of marriage.
Born in 1937 in Oakland, CA to Luella and Charles Schleifer, Sue attended San Francisco State University. She met her husband as a chaperone for her younger sister Dorothy. They married in 1958.
Sue was an avid traveler. During her life she traveled to over 100 countries, earning her membership to the exclusive Century Club. She managed to turn her passion for travel into a career, working at Bulanti Travel as a Travel Agent, and eventually founding Custom Travel in Woodside, CA in 1982, where she worked as a manager for many years. Sue also enjoyed many years as a docent at the Filoli Estate in Woodside.
Sue often traveled with her 3 daughters and their husbands, and also enjoyed spending time with her 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, in whom she instilled a love of travel and learning. Her family remembers her as an inspirational mother and grandmother, a formidable opponent in any card game, and a woman of sharp wit, unflappable demeanor, wise and loving words, and infectious laughter.
Sue is survived by her husband, Edward Rodriguez, sister Dorothy Semke, daughters Laura (Dan) Ringer, Christine (Matthew) Kuckuk and Linda (Michael) Kautzky, eight grandchildren, Robert, Beth (Jackson), Rachel (Craig), Meghan, Jennifer, David, Jenna, and Carina, and four great-grandchildren Landen, Emily, Breck and Corbin. She is predeceased by her parents, Luella and Charles Schleifer.
Memorial service will be held on December 27th at 1:00pm at Crippen & Flynn Carlmont Chapel in Belmont, with interment on December 28th at Skylawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sue’s name to The Ehlers- Danlos Society, The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, or Sempervirens Fund.
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