Most people are thrilled to get a couple gifts in life. Susan Hemphill Wigert had an abundance of them. Susan was smart and competent. She had good taste. She was athletic and adventurous. Fun-loving and good-humored. And she could make and keep friends for a lifetime.
Susan was born to Iona and Robert Hemphill in New York City on September 29, 1948. Before long the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where Susan’s brother, William Hemphill,…