1941 ~ 2025
Friday Oct 3, 2025: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Friday Oct 3, 2025: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday Oct 3, 2025: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin & friend, Susan Alice Price Hood passed away Sunday, September 21, 2025 after complications resulting from a sudden illness. She was surrounded by family as her spirit departed this earthly life. We find comfort knowing that she is reunited with her husband, parents, and many beloved family members & friends. We cherish fond memories of her and the unconditional love for us she expressed through kind words and selfless acts of service. She will be greatly missed.
A native of Northern California, Susan was born in Napa, California on October 31, 1941 to Charles M. Price & Flora M (Goldman) Price. She was raised in Napa and spent various years of her life living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Huntington Beach, Sacramento area, Provo, Utah, and was a 40 year resident of Bountiful, Utah.
Susan was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She loved her Savior, Jesus Christ, & strived to emulate his kindness in service to others. Despite battles with her health, she served diligently in numerous church callings for many years in California and Utah, including Relief Society President, Mutual (Young Women’s) President, & Primary President, Cub Scout Den Mother, Sunday School teacher, Primary chorister, & choir director. For a period of time, she was a docent at a local museum in downtown Salt Lake City and loved giving guided tours to the public. She was a self-taught artist, filling blank canvases with colorful oil paints, acrylics, & watercolors. She was a certified Rosemaling Master artist, skilled in the Folk Art form of Tole Painting, and taught art classes for all ages. Her hands cross-stitched, crocheted, and sewed many blankets, pillows, articles of clothing, & a custom wedding gown. Susan was also a self-taught pianist & guitarist. A cruel irony surfaced later in her life when the painfully debilitating disease of Rheumatoid Arthritis crippled her skilled hands, making most of these enjoyable hobbies impossible for her to continue.
Susan was in the 1960 graduating class at Napa High School in Napa, CA where she was a varsity cheerleader. She attended early morning seminary before school, often having to walk a number of miles from her home in the rural hills & vineyards to the church near town. She had a beautiful singing voice, and with her Price sisters would perform at numerous local events and church functions. She met the love of her life, Robert Hood, in her senior year, and they were married for time & eternity in the Los Angeles LDS Temple exactly one week after her graduation. In her later years of life, she enjoyed writing stories of her time growing up in Napa & lessons learned from her experiences. She filled her home with inspirational music, and taught her children to sing & harmonize her favorite hymns. Our family will miss hearing her words following every “good-bye” over the phone or following a visit; “I love you more than life itself.”
Susan is survived by her 3 children, James (Janet), Dianna, & Brad. 9 Grandchildren: Jennica (Jason) Larsen, Lauren Van Petten, Miranda Webb, Dallin Webb, Sarah Hood, Spencer (Jamie) Hood, Nathan (Aubrey) Hood, Stephen (Emma) Hood, & Natalie (Monte) Taylor. 10 great grandchildren: Riley, Liam, Quinn, Aiden, Chloe, Weston, Ivy, Eastyn, Baylor, & Ryan. Sister Mary Jane Pearson & brother-in-law Owen Pearson, sister-in-law JoAnne Hood, brother-in-law Jack McIver, 26 nieces & nephews, many great nieces & nephews, & numerous cousins. Proceeded in death by her husband of 60 years, Robert W. Hood, parents Charles & Flora Price, sisters Florraina (Jim) Litchfield, Dolores (Leon) Harrison, Bonnie (Harold) Davis, Molly Price, Betty McIver, & Jenny Lind Price, & Brother Charles Price; Parents-in-law Clifford Sr. & Grace (Epps) Hood, and brothers-in-law Clifford (Fern) Hood, & Darrell Hood.
Viewing & visitation will be Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building located at 11570 Wasatch Blvd, Sandy, Utah 84092. A Viewing will be held from 9:30-10:45 AM. Funeral services will follow from 11:00AM-12:00PM. Graveside service will be held from 12:30PM-1:00PM at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E. Dimple Dell Rd., Sandy, Utah 84092.
We lived next door to Bob and Susan in Bountiful for over 23 years. They were "Grandpa and Grandma Hood" to my girls when they were little. Susan babysat my youngest daughter for a few hours a day after she came home from pre-school, and later shared her love of art with her. We have beautiful Christmas ornaments that Susan tole painted for us over the years, and fond memories of her talking with her beloved Beanie. She was a lovely woman who will be missed but not forgotten.
What an amazing lady. Susan was so talented, kind and faithful. I have many fond childhood memories of her. For many years she was a best friend of my parents. My freshman year at BYU she was kind enough to let me spend Thanksgiving in her home because home was far away. Thank you Susan for sharing your talents and love! Love to all her family,
Merriell
I met Susan one year, on my Birthday and we struck up conversation like we’d been friends forever. We were friends ever after. My daughter, Amelia, and I both hold Bob and Susan in a very dear place in our hearts. We think of them often. And even though they are both gone now, I know we will still think of them often and remember our extraordinary conversations!