Suzanne Truitt's Obituary
Suzanne Truitt
Local Realtor, RHS Athlete
Suzanne Truitt, a local realtor and outstanding high school athlete, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2025, in Sarasota, Florida.
Sue was a “Beebe Baby” born in Lewes on August 20, 1943, and lived most of her life in the Rehoboth Beach area. She was a 1961 graduate of the former Rehoboth High School where she was a standout in field hockey, basketball and softball, scoring 42 points in one high school basketball game and being named best girl athlete of her class. She also was captain of the Rehoboth High cheerleaders and was selected as the first downstate girl to serve as a cheerleader in the annual Blue-Gold football game held at the University of Delaware Stadium in Newark.
She was a long-time member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach, where she was baptized and attended and taught Sunday School. She continued to attend Epworth until she moved to Sarasota in 2024.
Sue was predeceased by her parents, James and Dorothy Truitt of Rehoboth Beach, and an unnamed baby brother who died just after birth in 1938. She is survived by two brothers, James S. Truitt, Jr. of Rehoboth Beach and Roger Truitt (Patricia) of Rehoboth Beach and Lakewood Ranch, Florida. She also is survived by many nieces, nephews, grand and great-grand nieces and nephews who she loved and with whom she kept in touch.
Academically, Sue was a top student at Rehoboth High where she was in the Honor Society, Student Council and selected to represent her high school at Delaware Girls’ State. She continued her education at the University of Delaware and Goldy Beacom College, where she graduated with honors and a degree in business.
Sue worked for ten years in Wilmington as an administrative assistant for the DuPont family’s personal investment businesses before coming home to Rehoboth in 1975 to own and operate Truitt Homes where she sold manufactured homes for 12 years. In the meantime, she became a real estate broker and associate in Delaware and Pennsylvania. For more than 40 years, she had a successful career helping clients find, buy, sell and finance their homes and other properties in the beach area, working primarily for Mann & Sons. Along the way, Sue also obtained real estate licenses in Maryland and Florida and earned many real estate certifications.
Sue loved her three dogs, sitting outside by the pool, playing golf, picking crabs and attending family gatherings. She made new friends easily and enjoyed gathering with high school alumni and her “gal friends.” Sue was so proud of her nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren and loved commending them on their accomplishments.
She also enjoyed traveling with friends and family to faraway places like Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Thailand, England, Scotland, Paris, Seattle, Bermuda, Las Vegas and Florida where she owned a second home for 10 years. In recent years, Sue resided at the Lodge at Truitt Homestead that was built on her grandparents’ farm off Shuttle Road in Rehoboth, and Grand Living in Sarasota, Florida.
A Celebration of Life for Suzanne Truitt will be held at 3 pm on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Epworth United Methodist Church,19285 Holland Glade Rd, Rehoboth Beach where visitation will begin at 2 PM. Interment will be private.
A reception will follow the services in the church hall.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Sue’s memory may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.
Online condolences may be shared with the family on the Tribute Page at this site.
All those unable to attend, please go to https://epworth.faith and click the YouTube Livestream link to view the livestream.
Florist Note- Please deliver any floral tributes to the Lewes Funeral Home by 10 AM Sat. July 5, 2025.
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