Susan Seidner Adler

Dear Elizabeth, I offer you my condolences and my husband, Chris, joins me. It was such a shock that I couldn’t figure out what to say to you. I met your mother decades ago at parties at Elizabeth’s and even visited your parents' house for a memorable evening. Time passed and there I was at the Century Association looking at a captivating por...more

Susan and I were neighbors in Manhattan. I don’t remember how we met but my life was richer from our friendship. I marveled at her intelligence, her creative force and output and her humor. Susan was always on the go constantly adding new activities to an already packed life. I admired her so much and will miss her greatly.

We met Susan only once, when we were invited to view her impressive artwork at Elizabeth and Mike’s house, but her warmth, creative spark, and zest for life drew us in instantly, and we both felt we had met a kindred spirit. Our condolences to the family — you have experienced a great loss, but may Susan’s approach to living life and accepting dea...more

I only knew Susan for a short time, but she was a very special lady. Her energy, her creativity, her love for life was rare and delightful.Would that I had known her longer.I grieve with her family but know her passing is the celebration of a special human being. Love, Nancy Schon

Susan was my aunt for 52 years. She was like a second mother. Anyone who knew her sister would understand how different they were despite being identical twins. Yet they were very different. I could talk to Susan about things my mom didn’t want to hear about. She was a social worker who understood people and nothing phased her being a lifelong Manh...more

I well remember the exact day my husband Quincy and I met Susan and Alfred. It was at a cocktail party over 40 years ago. Susan and I had so much in common we never stopped talking and were totally rude to anyone trying to join the conversation which ranged from American and German literature to our taste (her talent) in art. We have been frien...more

My mother said that this was her theme song and she wanted it played at her Celebration of Life.

She called me her son. Where to start? Where to end? Back to the beginning. Multiple facets, multiple dimensions, and much depth. Renaissance Woman should be a thing, and Susan would be the definition. Elegant. Smart. Generous. A treasure. Her paintings blew me away when I visited Elizabeth’s childhood home for the first time. That wasn’...more

When we met Susan we realized a lot of Elizabeth, our best friend, was embodied in her. Susan radiated a sense of energy, like a light coming out of her. She was ageless, timeless, and boundless. She was compassionate and curious about everyone and everything. Her talents were obvious and plentiful. Her sense of humor knew no limits and was a...more

I met Susan and Marion at Smith: we were all part of a group who enjoyed rebellion together. Joan Kramer and Hannah Weaver and of course Sue Mclean who married Susan's brother Frank while we were all living together on the top floor of Morrow House, thus creating confusion with two students named Susan Seidner on the same floor. Susan and I lost tr...more

My mother’s motto was “it’s better to regret what you’ve done than to regret what you haven’t done” and that is how she lived her life. She lived a life of no regrets, and when she was dying she repeated that she had had a great life, no regrets, and was ready to go. She couldn’t get over the fact that so many people she knew were going to miss h...more

We became friends with Susan when she was organizing a play group for Elizabeth when she was about 3 years old and she asked if our son, Paul, could join. That was the beginning of a fifty year friendship during which we shared many, many wonderful times. So many dinner parties, so many trips to museums and galleries. We miss her terribly. - Peggi...more

It’s Friday evening and Susan, Joan and myself have finished dinner and are taking our seats for the movie. But this week, Susan is missing. A few months ago, after about 5 years of these Friday evenings, we voted Rebel Without a Cause. Most of all I will miss our conversations, even if or maybe because we disagreed on lots of subjects. If Joan wa...more

Even though I met Susan only a few times, it has left a strong impression on me. What a strong and elegant, honest, creative and intelligent lady. I remember also how she could, with a single remark or comment, make everybody smile. Reading about her life on this page, from behind my computer on a very rainy day in Amsterdam, is inspiring. And a re...more

This picture of Susan grinning mischievously over her own grave is perfect: it captures her toughness, her humor, and her total irreverence. This small, elegant person had a surprisingly low, sexy voice, a rather raucous laugh, and an appetite for life. She bounced back with great resilience from her own difficulties and offered real, practical h...more

Others have mentioned Susan's sharp mind, her humor and her irreverence, all of which I relished in her. She and I became close friends rather recently, when we met 10 or 12 years ago at a dinner party and had instant rapport. We shared a professional life and from time to time Susan would call for advice, often saying "You won't believe what I di...more

There is no justice. Quality has nothing to do with it. Everything is a trade-off. Those were/are the top three of Susan’s credos, They ring true. Know it. Deal with it. As a long-frustrated musician, those helped, along with the fact that Susan was an extraordinary painter, who truly painted for herself. She counted herself lucky that she did n...more

I met Susan in early 2006 when I went to her for counseling during one of the most difficult periods of my life. Her guidance, wisdom and attitudes about how to live helped me get through the impasse and moving forward. Within a year, Susan had become a friend and, long after my time as a patient passed, I would visit her to talk, catch up and so...more

Ahh Susan, you are sorely missed. You were my Dorothy Parker with such delicious mischief in your smile. Although we first met years ago in Ardsley Park where we had several memorable dinners with Alfred and Michael still alive, we lost touch for many years only renewing our friendship about 12 years ago now both living in Manhattan and enjoying ne...more

Susan was a classy lady. Once a guest in my home for Thanksgiving, she effortlessly kept the conversation going with her deep interest in everyone, her sophisticated humor, and wonderful laugh. I will always be grateful I knew her, and that she gave me my friend Elizabeth!

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