SUZONNE MICHELLE (BEACH) BURKE of Temecula, CA passed away in

her sleep on December 23, 2025. Born and raised in Gadsden, AL, she

earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the University of

Alabama in Birmingham where she met Michael Burke in the winter of 1989

at a casino night party. They married on April 5, 1991 and had two children,

settling in Murrieta and Temecula, CA. Suzonne was a loving wife, a doting

mother, a loyal friend, a respected ICU nurse, and a fierce advocate for her

family. Her most cherished role was that of mother to her two children

Summer and Austin. She is survived by her husband Michael, her daughter

Summer, her son Austin, her brother Roger Woodward of Union City, TN,

and her sister Tami Gray of Gadsden, AL. She is predeceased by her

mother Margaret Wester, her sister Ponda Cobb, and her stepfather Billy

Dean Wester. Funeral services will be private but a celebration of life event

is to be announced.