Susan Bishop Abramson, a native of St. Louis, who lived in Dallas for many years, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. She was 68. Mrs. Bishop was a graduate of Clayton High School. While in high school, she spent a summer abroad living with a family in Austria through the Experiment in International Living program, when participation in such programs was not widspread.

Mrs. Abramson graduated from Tufts University in Boston, Mass. After graduation, she was a researcher in immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She later married Howard Abramson and moved with him to Dallas. They also lived in Kansas City for two years before returning to Dallas.

Mrs. Abramson wrote and published two reference books that each became a best-seller in their respective local markets. In Kansas City, she wrote Backdoor Bargains, a gude to factory outlets and simple shopping. In Dallas, she wrote Kidding Around the Metroplex, a guide to exploring the Dallas/Fort Worth area with children. Both books received significant local coverage from newspaper columnists and local radio and TV talk shows.

Mrs. Abramson was a co-founder of Compu-Claim Corporation, a pioneer in computerized claims adjustment for the insurance industry. The company was later sold to Policy Management Systems Corp. She was an active board member of the President’s Research Council at the University of Texas Southwestern, helping to promote medical research at the university. She was also an active member of the Dallas Jewish Coaliton for the Homeless, the organization behind the Vogel Alcove Childcare Center for the Homeless. She was also a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the American Jewish Committee and Temple Emanu-El in Dallas.

Survivors include a son, Jonathan Abramson, of Dallas; a sister, Nancy Phillips of New York City; a niece, Sarah Phillips of Los Angeles and a nephew, Michael Phillips of New York.

Services were held Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, in the chapel at Tempe Emanu-El Mausoleum in Dallas. Rabbi David E. Stern officiated. Burial was at Temple Emanu-El Cemetery.