Susan M. Tehee

Susan M. Tehee (Aslan) was born on April 1, 1951 and adopted into a prominent farming family in Kingsburg, California. That is where she was raised and where she met and married her husband, Gene E. Tehee. The couple were wed on Sept. 29, 1969 and remained married until her death Jan. 6, 2025. She died at their home in Fresno at the age of 73. Susan was a secretary, doing clerical work by training, first at her family's packing house, then at Kings View Hospital in Reedley and later for Pan-American Life Insurance Group and the Friends of the Fresno County Library, where she worked as the executive secretary until 2020, when she left to focus on her health. But most of her work came from being a mom; to her two sons, Jason and Joshua, but also as a bonus mom to Shannon Williams and Chris Hein and any number of others who passed in and out of the Tehee home, as if it were their own. She was an avid bowler. A weekly league bowler and one-time San Joaquin Bowling Tournament champion, she retired after 30 years with a 165 average and a high game of 279. She was a sometimes gambler, who could spend hours at the local casinos playing the slots. She always said that she never won big, but she never lost more than she could afford. She was a football fan and would probably claim the Raiders as her team. The family often traveled to see the Raiders when they played in Los Angeles. Mostly, she watched games from a recliner in the front room, rooting for her favorite players week to week. Susan played piano in her youth and kept it as an almost hidden skill until her death. She enjoyed music and attended hundreds of concerts with her family and friends over the years, including a camping trip in Saugerties, New York, on the 25th anniversary of Woodstock. There were 350,000 others in attendance. She was partial to contemporary country music, to the chagrin of her sons and husband, who would opt for Waylon, Willie and the boys over Blake Shelton. But she wouldn't exclude. Her favorite t-shirt, which she often wore around the house, was a Dinosaur Jr. shirt she picked up at a Lollapalooza festival in the '90s and she'd seen everyone from Motely Crue, Megadeth and Alice Cooper, to Tina Turner, Neil Diamond, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead. And Cole Swindell and Tim McGraw. Susan was preceded in death by her mother, Freeda Aslan; father Harry J. Aslan; and brother Phillip Aslan. She is survived by her husband Gene, her sons and a daughter-in-law, Mika Tehee. Graveside services will be held 10:00 AM Monday, January 27th, 2025 at Kingsburg Cemetery, 12782 E. Clarkson Avenue Kingsburg, CA. Services have been entrusted to Salser & Dillard Creighton Chapel. Memorial Tributes and condolences may be offered by logging onto www.salseranddillard.com.

Susan M. Tehee

April 1, 1951 - January 6, 2025