She taught young children for 33 years, as a co-founding teacher of Newark Beth Israel-NCJW Day Care Center and at preschools in Ontario, Canada and Livingston, New Jersey. The loving and beloved wife of Saul T. Mooallem, whom she married in 1972 and who preceded her in death in 2000, and a spectacularly proud and devoted mother and grandmother, Susan was an enthusiastic reader; lover of movies and theater; chef and baker; entertainer of friends; conversationalist; solver of daily New York Times crossword puzzles; and traveler who treasured her trips to Nantucket especially.

She is survived by her sister, Harriet; daughter Becca Goldblat and husband, Harris; son Jon Mooallem and wife Wandee; and grandchildren Sam, Davis, Isla, and Rose.

Memorial contributions can be made to Smile Train, Doctors Without Borders, or the Norwalk Hospital Foundation directed toward Dr. Richard Frank’s pancreatic cancer research.