Obituary of Siok Sodbinow

Siok-Tin “Susan” Sodbinow, 52, of Princeton passed away at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Monday, June 11, 2012 from complications of Uterine-Ovarian Cancer. Susan was born on July 3, 1959, and raised in Melaka, Malaysia before coming to the United States in 1985 and settling in New York City. She married her husband, David, in 1992 and moved to Morristown, New Jersey in 1993. Susan then, with her family, settled in Princeton in 2003. She received dual Bachelor’s Degrees from Hunter College and the Fashion Institute of Technology, both of New York City. Susan was a graphic artist for Snow Joe, Edison for the past two and a half years. Prior to that, she worked as a graphic artist for Pearson Education, Parsippany and freelanced for many companies, including Silver Burdett-Ginn and Benzinger. Susan was a former member in the Tzu Chi Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Region.
She is survived by her husband of twenty years, David Sodbinow; two sons, Terence Sodbinow and Laurence Sodbinow both of Princeton; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sah Lai and Chin Tee Tan of Melaka, Malaysia; her brothers, Khee Giap Tan of Singapore, Khee Boh “Dan” Tan of New York City, and Khee Seng Tan of Melaka, Malaysia; two sisters, Seok Hua “Jennifer” Tan of Long Island, New York and Seok Hui “Tricia” Tan Friedrich of Long Island, New York; and many nieces and nephews. 
Visiting at the Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home, 100 Elton-Adelphia Road (Route 524), Freehold Township on Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service at 10:00 AM on Friday, June 22, 2012 at the funeral home. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in memory of Susan may be made to Tzu Chi Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Region, 150 Commerce Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009. For information, directions or condolence messages to the family, visit www.claytonfuneralhome.com