Susan Cobb Beyer

Susan was the second of Eddie Ross Cobb and William Cobb’s four children. The Cobb family owned a photography shop, Cobb Studio, in New Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Susan was also the granddaughter of Edmund G. Ross, the New Mexico territorial governor from 1885 to 1889. Susan attended business college, and was a stenographer for the New Mexico State Fair and Chamber of Commerce before marrying in 1917. In the early 1920s, Susan became one of the first female forest rangers for the United States Forest Service where she worked for thirty years. After retirement, Susan joined and later became president of the Pilot Club, a philanthropy organization that helped fund restoration projects in Europe after WWII. She married Clarence Beyer who was an engineer and flood commissioner. He laid a large portion of the Southeast and Northeast Heights neighborhoods in Albuquerque. Susan and Clarence had one daughter: Susan Willys Reid.