Susie L. "Mama Sue" Breckenridge, 105 of Marion, died Monday, August 1, 2011 at Linn Manor Care Center. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 5, 2011 at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, located at 6621 C Avenue NE, with Pastor Damian Epps presiding. A private family inurnment will be held at a later date. Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids is assisting the family. Susie was born in Lauderdale, Mississippi on May 30, 1906, the daughter of Samuel R. and Josephine (Thompson) Thornton. She spent her childhood years, growing up in Fort Dodge. She married Curtis Breckenridge in Fort Dodge and moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she spent the majority of her adult life. Sue was an active member of Lilydale Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago, and was known best for her kindness, wit and her fierceness. It was known throughout the community that it was more profitable to be a friend than a foe. Susie is survived by her sons, Bernard (Pearl) Gill, and Barnett Gill of Marion; her sister, Clarine (Connie) Marks of Providence, Rhode Island; five grandchildren; a host of great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by husband, Curtis; sister, Grace; and three brothers, Lester, Edward, and Samuel Thornton. Memorials may be directed to Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church.