PLYMOUTH – Susan E. (Strassel) Lima, age 64, a life-long resident of Plymouth, died Monday, August 24, 2009 at the Jordan Hospital in Plymouth after a long illness. She was the wife of Robert Lima for 26 years. Susan attended Plymouth schools and was a graduate of the original Plymouth High School (1963). She received her Licensed Practical Nursing degree from Bryman's Nursing School on Newbury Street in Boston. She worked as a nurse for several years until she became a nurse counselor for drug and alcohol rehabilitation clients in New Bedford, Taunton and Boston. She later worked in administration for Boston Insulate Wire, BIW, in the old Cordage Park in Plymouth and then for Mass Gas and Electric on Long Pond Road in Plymouth. After the closing of Mass Gas and Electric she worked for R.S. Means as an administrative assistant. She retired from R.S. Means in 1988. After her retirement she volunteered off and on for the Plymouth Council on Aging and for the last five years Susan had been a dedicated volunteer at Plimoth Plantation. She enjoyed spending her free time on the Plymouth waterfront with the "Car Club," eating ice cream at Ziggys, and spending hot summer days into the evening on Long Beach Plymouth and Saquish in Duxbury with family and friends. She was active in local politics and a regular attendee of Plymouth Town Meetings and committee meetings. She was a vocal advocate of the Plymouth Rock Studios. Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Heather Prew of Plymouth, and two grandchildren, Melissa and Amanda Prew of Plymouth. Funeral Arrangements will be made by the Bartlett-Garrity Funeral Home, 338 Court Street, Plymouth. A funeral mass will be held at St. Mary's Church in Plymouth on Monday, August 31 at 10:00 A.M. Interment will follow at St. Joseph's Cemetery. Flowers are appropriate, however donations in Susan's memory may be made to Plimoth Plantation, Post Office Box 1620, Plymouth, MA 02362.