Sue Whisler Kahl

Sue Whisler Kahl was born at home November 11, 1935, to Genevieve and Earl Cross in Sugarland, Indiana. On September 19, 2023, she died in her apartment at Park Pointe Village in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
She learned how to stand up for herself, as she was the only daughter with three brothers, Gayle, Steve, and Lewis. After graduating from high school and working, she met and married Larry Whisler. They had two sons, Scott and Mark. Their marriage ended in divorce.
Throughout her life, Sue was an advocate for a healthful environment, civil rights, women’s rights, children, and education. Sue worked very hard, going to night school classes at Ball State University to become an elementary school teacher while her two sons, Scott and Mark, were young. During this part of Sue’s life, she earned her master’s in education and her Ph.D. in educational psychology at Indiana University.
After receiving her doctorate, Sue was hired by Mansfield State University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. Teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in the areas of human lifespan development, education, and psychology were highlights of her career. She was the founder of a center to help victims of domestic violence in northeastern Pennsylvania as well.
While teaching at the university, Sue met Fritz Kahl. They fell in love and married. After Fritz retired from Corning and Sue retired from the university, they did a great deal of traveling throughout the world. Fritz’s three grown children, David, Steve, and Leslie, welcomed Sue into their family with open arms. Sue and Fritz lived in Corning, New York; Seabrook Island, South Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; and finally, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Fritz died in 2012.  
Sue had remarkable courage and perseverance as she recovered from two traumatic brain injuries, and later when she faced congestive heart failure. The values of love, family, independence, and being true to yourself were reflected in Sue’s life.
Her memory will forever inspire her family: sons, Scott (Susan), Ashville, North Carolina; Mark (Beth), rural Mankato, Kansas; David (Patti), Corning, New York; Steve (Karen), Palo Alto, California; and daughter, Leslie, Portland, Oregon; brothers, Steve, Covington, Georgia; Lewis (Jenny) Raceland, Kentucky; sister-in-law, Lavonda Conover, North Carolina; granddaughters, Holly, Atlanta, Georgia; Laura, Corning, New York; Tasha, Santa Rosa, California; Sarah (Graham), California; grandsons, Rhone (CiCi), Austin, Texas; Brian (Shannon), Raleigh, North Carolina; Andy (Sara), San Anselmo, California; nephews, Earl Lyndon, Morgantown, North Carolina; Jon, Ashville, North Carolina; Stevahn, Covington, Georgia; Matt (Ruth), Lexington, Kentucky; nieces, Cindy (Scott), Danville, Virginia; Stacey, Bradenton, Florida; Kelly, Georgia; Angie, Raceland, Kentucky; great-grandchildren, Jadae, Atlanta, Georgia; Nolan, Atlanta, Georgia; Rhone II, Austin, Texas; and Jaden, Raleigh, North Carolina.  
Memorials can be sent to Greene Funeral Home, Rock Hill, South Carolina; to Doctors Without Borders; or Haven Domestic Violence Center, Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
Sue requested cremation. Her memorial service will be conducted by Rev. Mia Levetan at the Community room in Park Pointe Village Rock Hill, South Carolina, October 7, at 10 a.m.