Nearly seven decades of Austin memories
Sue wears her Star of David necklace “very openly and proudly,” she said. There is a Ukrainian flag that flies on the front porch of Sue’s house and a stained-glass Torah scroll hanging in the window. The stained-glass artwork was made by Sue’s husband, Melvin, who passed away earlier this month. The North Austin home they purchased in August of 1975 after touring 36 other houses is decorated with historical mementos and family tokens.
Sue spent time with her friends at the small Jewish Student Center on campus, and her adventures on the Drag are iconic. Among them: Her first year in Austin was the same year Johnny Cash visited while on tour to debut his single “Folsom Prison Blues,” which he sang to students at the union. That right time to return to Austin came years after Melvin and Sue had met, married, and welcomed their four children. The couple was ready to settle down after Melvin left his job with the U.S Air Force, and had enrolled at UT to study architecture. While Melvin had decided to go back to school, Sue had already finished her degree at Louisiana State University. Once again, Austin represented a brave new world for Sue, and this time it included her new family.
The farthest that Sue traveled for an audition was to San Antonio, and it was for a much older role. She didn’t get that gig because, as she put it, “I was 40 at the time but had really good genes and looked about 20 years younger. So they told me it was going to be hard to get cast as someone’s grandma.”
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