Susan S. Karam Scarborough - Susan Strachan Karam of Scarborough departed peacefully from this earth into heaven on May 8th, 2014 at her home after a strong fight with cancer. She was born on April 29, 1946 in Portland, the daughter of Ralph and Faith Strachan. Susan attended Cape Elizabeth schools and was enrolled as a "polio pioneer" in 1954. As a young girl Susan was a Girl Scout, a Rainbow Girl and later graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School in 1964. She later attended Vermont College and University of Southern Maine. She worked at Little People's Nursery School and Scarborough Public Library for over twenty years. She enjoyed the gardening, bird watching, reading, skiing, travelling, watching sports and spending time with family. One of her favorite past times was attending her children's and grandchildren's sporting events. It was once said that "there wasn't a school in Maine that she couldn't find". She is survived by both parents, Ralph and Faith Strachan of Scarborough; her husband of 47 years, Ramzi Karam of Scarborough; her brother and his wife, Andrew and Donna Strachan of Machias, Maine, their children Owen and Rachael. Susan is survived by four sons and six grandchildren: Chris and wife Stacy, their children Alex and Juliet Karam of Scarborough; Ralph Karam and Andi Sawall of Cape Elizabeth; Jeffrey and wife Michele, their children Paige and Connor Karam of Stratham, New Hampshire; Todd and wife Tiffany, their children Porter and Farrah Karam of Seattle, Washington. Susan is also survived by her mother-in-law, Evelyn Dahdah Karam of Ramallah, Palestine; sister-in-law Reema Karam Haugen of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, and five brothers-in-law, their wives; Michael and Mary, Anwar and Maha, Akram and Lubna, Mazen and Hala, Majed and Theresa and all of their children and family. Visiting hours will be 1-3 p.m., followed by 3 p.m. service, Monday, May 12 at Hobbs Funeral Home, 671 U.S. Route One, Scarborough. In lieu of flowers, Susan would appreciate donations to the Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Rd., Scarborough, ME 04074 or the Pan-Mass Challenge (www2.pmc.org/profile/JK0280) which donates 100% of every dollar to Dana-Faber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund for cancer research.