Susan White

Susan McDonald White of Weston, age 51, passed away in her sleep from complications of a brain tumor on June 20th, 2012. Susan was a brilliant Art Conservator and Restorer, having graduated valedictorian from Olympic High School and summa cum laude from Duke University. She had a Master of Fine Arts degree from Harvard University and a Master of Science degree from University of Delaware. She was a world traveler including a trip through China on a mission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC where she was employed before she started her own company. She had come to be known as “The One” in restoring ancient art objects. One of her first assignments was the restoration of R-s D-2 after his final wars. It is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. Susan was an Artist herself having had numerous shows in the Boston area. She was officially recognized as a Mass artist. Susan is survived by her parents, Tom and Jane White of Charlotte, by her brother and his wife, Michael and Sherrie White of North Plains, Oregon, and by her two sisters, Dr. Cathy Graham and her three children, Tom, Kristen, and Robert of Cleveland, Ohio, and by Mary Jane White and her son, Ruffin of Waukon, Iowa.