Death date: Dec 27, 2022
Paul Susko, 75, of Mableton, GA died peacefully on December 27th, 2022 surrounded by loved ones, after a difficult battle with cancer. Paul was born on February 13th, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA. Growing up, Paul enjoyed a job as a ca Read Obituary
Paul Susko was my best friend. I'm sure there are a lot of folks that would say the same thing. Paul became the best friend to many .
Paul is also the bravest man that I've ever known. With 10 months left in his hitch(Army term of service) he received orders to VietNam 1970. He just said "I'll just go over there and get it over with." He was immediately assigned to a unit in the bush (jungle) and was involved in 3 major fire fights. He did not carry a weapon, just a ruck sack full of medical supplies to help other troops.
He made it out, moved briefly to Tuscon and then Atlanta. Besides his job as a counselor, he enjoyed white water canoeing, motorcycling in north Georgia mountains, boating, rafting, Flames games, Braves games and of course golf. He met his wife to be Susan, got married and started a beautiful family.
After retirement, he kept active in helping others, mostly St. Vincent dePaul Society.
I know that you come into this world with nothing and leave with nothing except your good name and good works. Paul certainly had plenty of both.
Rest in peace my friend, surely the Lord will bless you and keep you close.
Being on the Keep Cobb Beautiful Board, I first met Mr. Paul when he invited me to his house to sign him up on the Adopt-A-Mile Program. We worked together many times over the years and he attended several Lions Club meetings. He created some signs that he posted on his adopted road. My photographs of those signs made it all of the way to the top people at Keep Georgia Beautiful. Attached is a photograph from the last time I saw him at a litter clean-up. He was not able to help us. But, he wanted to say "thanks". We will miss our Mr. Paul...
I knew Mr. Paul as a neighbor in the Nickajack Rd community and also through Keep Cobb’s Beautiful adopt-a-mile program. Mr. Paul was a very dedicated and active member of the community, and spent many hours through the years volunteering his time to picking up litter and making our community look better. After he was no longer physically able to participate in the litter cleanups, he still would stop and chat if he saw any volunteers out and about in our yellow vests around Nickajack Road. He was a good person and made our community better. He will be missed.
