Susan Harmon, 33, a mother of five children under 10, died May 14 after a four-year battle with lupus and fibromyalgia.
Services are planned at noon Thursday at Crossroads Church, West 104th Avenue and Huron Street.
Friends and neighbors in Westminster had rallied around the couple, taking so much food “that our refrigerator is full,” said Greg Harmon.
“They were bringing in three meals a day, and we got them down to just one meal a day now because we have so much food,” he said.
Friends began helping the family during Susan Harmon’s illness, which included debilitating pain and several hospitalizations, said Donna Atkins of Northglenn, a family friend.
Friends also have set up a fund for the family: The Susan Harmon Memorial Fund at Key Bank, 88 Lamar St., Broomfield.
“She was dedicated to her children and just wanted their lives to be normal,” said Atkins.
“Susan brought a smile to the face of everyone who knew her,” said neighbor Erik Cansler.
Last weekend, friends raised money, Cansler said, by selling bracelets on which were printed the words Faith, Hope, Courage, Strength.
Casi Preheim, who lives across the street from the Harmons, said she and her husband have a special-needs son and that the Harmons “made a point of not only accepting us but of embracing us as well.”
The Preheims’ son, Reed, is now in residential treatment, but the Harmons kept up the relationship, making him cards and taking chocolate to the family.
“The devastation of Susan’s death touches an entire neighborhood,” said Preheim. “It has brought the neighborhood together.”
Susan Redmond was born in Seoul, South Korea, and was adopted at age 9 by Russ and Connie Redmond, who lived in Northglenn.
The next year, the family moved to North Carolina, where Susan Redmond finished high school.
She and her family were close to Greg Harmon and his family in Northglenn, and he kept in touch with the Redmonds after they moved.
When Harmon was in the Army and stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., he and Redmond grew “closer and closer,” he said.
The couple were married on April 22, 1997.
After Harmon finished his military service in 1998, they moved back to Colorado, where he worked for the Postal Service.
In addition to her husband, Susan Harmon is survived by a daughter, Madison, 4; and four sons, Jordan, 9, Kody, 7, Andrew, 5, and Matthew, 2; her parents, who live in Gastonia, N.C.; and her grandmother, Thelma Ice of Thornton.
Virginia Culver: 303-954-1223 or vculver@denverpost.com
