Susie was born December 24, 1910 in Aragona, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Emanuel and Provadenzia Minnasola Amato. Susie was a member of St. Joseph the Worker Church in Weirton and St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Beckley where she was also a member of the Ladies of St. Francis and the Resurrection Choir. She was owner/operator of the Pemberton Grocery in Pemberton, WV. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Gaziano, granddaughter, Natasha Anne Gaziano, brothers, Joe, Emmanuel and Sam Amato and her sister, Madeline Alaimo.