Dear Friends,
07/13/04

We were incredibly saddened and shocked to learn that Suzanne
Johnson,
our dive shop manager, died on Sunday.
She was paticipating in a technical dive in Lake Huron with
friends and
had some problems during a decompression stop. She was brought to the
surface unconscious and was not able to be revived. No one is exactly
sure
what happened. She had plenty of air and was using the same gas mixes
as the
other divers, who encountered no problems.
Suzanne had the heart of an adventurer and fell in love with scuba
diving from the first time she tried it. She came to Water World as a
part-time employee hoping to learn more about the sport that
delighted her
so much. Within two weeks she had become a full time employee and
threw
herself in to helping out with scuba classes almost every night of
the
week. She so loved scuba diving we had to force her to take time
off! She
eventually became a recreational dive instructor. Later, she began
exploring more technical type diving.
She will be deeply missed. She had told her family that in the
event of
her death, she wanted to be cremated and have her ashes spread out
over the
ocean. She recently told us that she didn't want a funeral when she
died;
instead she wanted those who knew her to celebrate her life more in
the
tradition of an Irish wake. In honor of her wishes we are planning a
party
for her on her birthday July 31st at 7:00PM. We will try to post the
details
on our web page soon.
We will be having our dive club meeting tonight as planned. She
was very
excited about the Bull City Divers and we believe she would have
wanted us
to keep on keeping on...Come if you are able.
We wanted to let you know as soon as possible as we're sure
Suzanne held
a place in many of your hearts.



Sadly,

The Water World Staff

Russell Deatherage
rdd@...
919.426.1266