Obituaries
Obituaries

Caller, Susan

July 4, 2024

CALLER, Susan Esta

Susan Esta Caller was born in 1945 in LaGrange, as the middle child of Rosalie and Harry Caller. After growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, she graduated from Ohio State, and subsequently taught elementary grades, for 40+ years in the Atlanta Public School System. She was a winning doubles tennis champion and volunteered for "Special Needs Wheelchair Tennis" where she was known to show up in a nun costume. Survivors are brother, Steve (Susan) Caller; sister, Marcia Jaffe; nephews, Bret (Ali) Caller, Judd Jaffe (Estee); and nieces, Jill Kapenstein (James), Dr. Avery Jaffe. Susan lived life on her own terms and built a powerful network of friends and relatives. Thanks to care team Susan Rickart (volunteer), Mahshid Amini, Sina Sabetrasekh, Giti Brown. Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Sign the guestbook at Legacy.com

View the obituary on Legacy.com

Funeral Home Information

Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care

3734 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd.

Atlanta, GA

30341

https://www.jewishfuneralcare.com/

More Stories

Keep Reading

A woman who was found dead in Cobb County in 1984 has been identified as Veronica Jane Miller. She is pictured here four years earlier in a yearbook photo from South High School in Columbus, Ohio. (Othram Inc.)

Credit: Othram

Four decades after her body was found in Cobb woods, she finally has a name

Officials say the death of Veronica Jane Miller is being investigated as a homicide after she was identified through DNA and forensic genetic genealogy.

Funeral to be held at Truist Park for fallen DeKalb firefighter

The veteran firefighter died Monday while trying to save his colleague as they battled a blaze at the Digital Thunderdome warehouse on South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road.

North Georgia officer shot in line of duty to be released from hospital

Capt. Brantley Worley remains in critical condition after incident in McCaysville, which is near the Georgia-Tennessee border.

The Latest

Tom Cousins, then president and CEO of Cousins Properties, looks out from his office to the former CNN Center. Cousins built the property as one of his many Atlanta development projects. (Andy Sharp/AJC FILE)

Credit: ANDY SHARP / AJC FILE

Tom Cousins, joyful developer who shaped lives and Atlanta’s skyline, dies

Worth Long made history, then recorded it

Duane Jackson, Morehouse insect expert, dies at 77

Featured

The city of Atlanta opened Azalea Fresh Market downtown to help residents find affordable groceries. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

Metro Atlanta consumers grapple with higher prices on food, other goods

Inflation recently reached its highest level this year, with prices increasing for food, housing and other necessities.

Raffensperger, who rebuffed Trump in 2020, runs for Georgia governor

He was the Republican who told Donald Trump no. Now the secretary of state is telling Georgia voters he wants to be their next governor.

South Georgia football coach resigns after 0-5 start

Wayne County’s John Mohring resigned Tuesday afternoon, becoming the third GHSA football coach to step down since the season began.