Born to Lafayette & Mary Emorillis "Emma"  (Leonard) McCormick in Muncie, Indiana on March 15,1883. She was the only surviving daughter, in a family of seven children. Her childhood did not last long, she went to work when she was twelve years old, to help support her family at McNaughtons, the fore-runner of Ball Stores, she was called a cash girl. Her first paycheck consisted of three shiny pennies, a nickel and a dime.
 

*McNaughtons dept store cash-girls* Taken on May 30,1900 in Muncie,Indiana Susie Maude McCormick, second to the last. Most of these girls are McCormick cousin's
 

       I remember her talking of pumping water, in the winter from a pump in the yard, and her hands freezing to the pump handle. She was very loyal to her family, and her friends consisted of her cousins, even in later life,her family was the most important thing in her life. Suzie loved to go to movies, and I can remember many times,her going through her pockets to find the little bit of change,for the bus and movies, to get us to town and back,of course we also cashed pop bottles in, for this trek to town.

      She was very funny and loved to argue(with me mostly),one day I came home from school for lunch and she was entertaining me,by singing "pee i po,pee i pie" and was standing by our Coolerator, the door was open and her hand caught it,and her poor  Mccormick nose got caught in it,it was purple and blue,all over for weeks. We were walking down the alley one day in the winter,and she took off running, and I took off, running after her, delighted I thought she was playing."Grandma, where are you going?" I asked her,well she had slipped on a piece of ice, and was running to keep her balance, I loved it.

       The first phone we had was at Elgin St. and she was so proud,she called the Yellow cab, and told
 them to send a crab to1508 Elgin St.and laughed like a kid, at her slip of the tongue.