The Passing of Susan Lett

[Tortuga]

I wonder who chaperoned them while they were dating...🤔

[Hope]

31 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

I wonder who chaperoned them while they were dating...🤔

..and where did they go? Does he still drive? 🤔

 

I wonder how long they dated.. 

[Araujo JW]

It will be good for him... I recalled how beneficial it was for a brother—who served as a missionary and a member of the branch committee in Brazil, Brother Fred Wilson—to marry Sister Juanita after his dear wife, Sister Grace, passed away.

[Dolce vita]

3 minutes ago, Araujo JW said:

It will be good for him... I recalled how beneficial it was for a brother—who served as a missionary and a member of the branch committee in Brazil, Brother Fred Wilson—to marry Sister Juanita after his dear wife, Sister Grace, passed away.

Beautiful Sister.

 

I read somewhere that people who were very happy in their previous marriages are the ones who remarry the fastest, to rediscover that happiness. Whether it's true or not, it's a private, intimate matter.

 

May Jehovah bless them!

[jdcarlson]

On 9/30/2025 at 5:36 PM, Doug said:

I know what you mean.   The only married and anointed couple I am aware of was Martin and Gertrud Poetzinger.

 

However, there must have been lots of married and anointed couples pre-1935.

 

I happen to be blessed (merely by coincidence) to have known three married couples who were both of the annointed.

 

Two of the couples were ten to twenty years older than I am. The third couple was within four years of my age. I am 82. I was born in 1944.

All of these couples were very loving and zealous worshippers of Jehovah. Their dedication to him was obvious to all who knew them.

 

One of the couples had been VERY close friends to my wife's family for close to 20 years before I met my wife. They knew her since she was extremely young and wanted the best for her. When she decided to take me as her husband, they took special care to help both of us when we were so young and first married. I still feel a special bond to them, and know many of their descendants.

 

Strictly by coincidence, I have been blessed to know about a dozen of the annointed while they were serving their life course on earth.

 

Every one of them had a very special, intense, interest in advancing the interests of Jeovah's Kingdom. Of course, as different individuals, they exhibited this interest in various ways. No matter how they demonstrated this interest, it was obvious to anyone who observed them closely.

 

I consider it a special privilege to have known them.

 

Thanks,

 

Jim

[LeolaRootStew]

11 minutes ago, Dolce vita said:

Beautiful Sister.

 

I read somewhere that people who were very happy in their previous marriages are the ones who remarry the fastest, to rediscover that happiness. Whether it's true or not, it's a private, intimate matter.

 

May Jehovah bless them!

 

I know it's not sinful, but the idea that I could devote decades of my life to someone and be replaced in a year is so devastating...

[Sofia]

12 minutes ago, LeolaRootStew said:

 

I know it's not sinful, but the idea that I could devote decades of my life to someone and be replaced in a year is so devastating...

I understand exactly what you mean 

[Hope]

41 minutes ago, LeolaRootStew said:

 

I know it's not sinful, but the idea that I could devote decades of my life to someone and be replaced in a year is so devastating...

Within a year. Surely they dated a few months before their wedding day..

 

Some people mourn and move on quickly, I guess. That's not a personality I would like, but it's not my life, either 🤷🏽‍♀️

 

I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed 😐

[WatchfulServant]

1 minute ago, Hope said:

Within a year. Surely they dated a few months before their wedding day..

 

Some people mourn and move on quickly, I guess. That's not a personality I would like, but it's not my life, either 🤷🏽‍♀️

 

I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed 😐

Susan's dementia likely brought many challenges. Whether we agree or not, posting his new wife's name and pictures here isn't wise. Let's protect her identity for her safety

[AYMA]

I am married to my best friend. We have a wonderful relationship and I love him dearly. I have told him and I sincerely hope that if I should "go" first, he finds someone special and gets married! I hate the thought of him being alone. No doubt Br Lett and his former wife also had these discussions. I am thrilled he found a 'another' special someone to share his life. 😍 

 

[Tortuga]

Wouldn't it be fun if she was a member here and was reading this. Wow...

[Brandon]

I don’t understand all the negative comments and gossiping here, especially about one of Christ’s brothers and anointed co-rulers.

 

A little more respect, please.

[booboo]

32 minutes ago, Hope said:

I'm just disappointed

Because 🤔  Why disappointed?

 

 

[Araujo JW]

34 minutes ago, AYMA said:

I am married to my best friend. We have a wonderful relationship and I love him dearly. I have told him and I sincerely hope that if I should "go" first, he finds someone special and gets married! I hate the thought of him being alone. No doubt Br Lett and his former wife also had these discussions. I am thrilled he found a 'another' special someone to share his life. 😍 

 

 

I will mention again the case of the brother I referred to earlier—Brother Fred Wilson, who was a missionary and a member of the Branch Committee. His first wife (who passed away) left a letter for him, suggesting that he look up a particular sister who had been a Bible student of theirs while they were serving as missionaries in Chile. Some time after her death, this brother was away from Bethel for about two weeks. He returned from a trip to Chile already married to this sister, who at the time was serving as a special pioneer. I believe this remarriage was very good for him; it was quite evident. In my opinion, he likely lived about 10 years longer than he would have had he not remarried.

[ChrisW]

I don't know all of Sis Lett's disabilities, but as a caretaker to a spouse things may change. The romantic feelings that you had earlier while dating and in the marriage may have  disappeared. You love them but not the same. You are devoted and take care of them but the feelings shift, I think that's natural. My mother takes care of my dad who had a stroke. He's not the same man as he was. He doesn't communicate like he used to, he spends a lot of time just focused on tv. But she takes care of him. She's devoted. His response to her when she is affectionate is not even the same. 

I personally am glad that Bro. Lett has found someone. I don't think it diminishes the love he had/has for his wife.

[kejedo]

Best wishes to all. These are difficult times.

 

[Hope]

2 hours ago, booboo said:

Because 🤔  Why disappointed?

 

 

 

Quick marriages tend to look unseemly. But it's cool.. it’s not my life 🤷🏽‍♀️

 

May they live long and prosper 🙏🏼 🖖🏼

[kejedo]

People who have seen Brother Lett in the past year mentioned  he looked frail and unhealthy.  I  was glad to see the recent pic of him posted on this thread,  b/c he looks like he is taking care of himself.  Sometimes it takes a confidante.

 

[carlos]

I don't think this is anyone's business, honestly.

 

Imagine hundreds of people who don't know anything about your circumstances commenting and gossiping on your marriage or your personal life. Some even posting pictures! 

[Tortuga]

33 minutes ago, carlos said:

Some even posting pictures! 

I think it's interesting the picture even exists, it was obviously a happy occasion for them and they apparently shared a picture of it with friends and family. So it doesn't seem to be a secret. It's hard to blame anyone for sharing it.

Edited 6 hours ago by Tortuga

[kejedo]

Years ago, I knew no personal info on GB.   A widowed sister in or cong was married to one of the GB. She seems well settled and well taken care of. Also not afraid to speak up  and voice her opinion. I had a talk w her as assistant and typed the scriptures out (2  or 3). She chewed me out and said it was too long to read. The talk is under 5 minutes and I never correct the assigned sister. Live and learn. 

             I  have recently looked up info on GB members and was surprised to read that Brother Sanderson was single for a long time. Not sure when he married, but I'm glad to know that our brothers and sisters are developing relationships that will help them understand everyday circunstances. 

             OT, (sigh) my Bible  Study  for this afternoon did not take place.  Disappointing, but an elder told  me years ago (after his  wife chewed me out for getting back late from service)  that this is the nature of our work.  Hope you have had an upbuilding day in servng out Grand God, jehovah. 

 

[navco]

Well a elder im my congregation back in bama he is 70 yrs old...told me he told his wife that if she dies he will get remarried quick because he cant be alone...they been married for 50 plus years...and another elder died in his 40s from a pulmanary emblissom in his leg and bleed out....but his body was already shut down because he had undiagnosed diabetes....they was married for 15 years nice couple well she left the state moved up north united states because off her job was engaged six months after his death ..people things happen ...in my opinion many old couples who died will not be together in the new world some will say no let me see what i want as my eternal wife or husband.

Edited 4 hours ago by navco

[Kunlesky]

On 10/2/2025 at 8:19 AM, grain of mustard said:

I thought these angels would be judged at Armageddon. I didn't know that the 144,000 and Jesus would reign outside the earthly territory where the millennial kingdom operates. 

 I thought that was at the end of Christ's 1000-year rule? We wouldn't want Satan the Devil to have another excuse of not having his deputies around to help execute Revelation 20:7-10: " Now as soon as the 1,000 years have ended, Satan will be released from his prison, ⁸ and he will go out to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Maʹgog, to gather them together for the war. The number of these is as the sand of the sea. ⁹ And they advanced over the whole earth and encircled the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city. But fire came down out of heaven and consumed them.q ¹⁰ And the Devil who was misleading them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulfur, where both the wild beastr and the false prophet already were;s and they will be tormented* day and night forever and ever.". 

[Hope]

2 hours ago, kejedo said:

Years ago, I knew no personal info on GB.   A widowed sister in or cong was married to one of the GB. She seems well settled and well taken care of. Also not afraid to speak up  and voice her opinion. I had a talk w her as assistant and typed the scriptures out (2  or 3). She chewed me out and said it was too long to read. The talk is under 5 minutes and I never correct the assigned sister. Live and learn. 

             I  have recently looked up info on GB members and was surprised to read that Brother Sanderson was single for a long time. Not sure when he married, but I'm glad to know that our brothers and sisters are developing relationships that will help them understand everyday circunstances. 

             OT, (sigh) my Bible  Study  for this afternoon did not take place.  Disappointing, but an elder told  me years ago (after his  wife chewed me out for getting back late from service)  that this is the nature of our work.  Hope you have had an upbuilding day in servng out Grand God, jehovah. 

 

 

Sanderson is still single.

[kejedo]

I was told at a recent assembly that he had married a sister from the Phillipines/