According to Stephanie Hooper from Nashuatelegraph.com, the mother of the singer of a legendary American rock band died at a local retirement community Monday (July 14th).

Susan Ray Tallarico, mother of AEROSMITH singer, Steven Tyler, and grandmother of actress Liv Tyler, died peacefully at the Hunt Community, said Davis Funeral Home officials who are handling her funeral. She was 84.

Tallarico, born Susan Ray Blancha, and her husband, accomplished pianist Victor Tallarico, had long spent a portion of every year living at the local residential community at the corner of Allds and Main streets.

The couple spent the rest of their time at their residence in Sunapee, according to the obituary, which will be published Sunday.

The couple had two children, Tyler, born Stephen Victor Tallarico, and his older sister, Lynda.

As a young couple, the Tallaricos lived in New York but spent summers in the Sunapee area where they operated the Trow-Rico Lodge with other family members.

The summer tradition ultimately joined their son with some of the other members of what would later became Aerosmith, according to Tyler in the band's biography, Walk This Way.

Susan Tallarico was a craftswoman and diligent volunteer for a variety of causes, including making books in Braille, according to the obituary. She was a serious Scrabble player and an excellent cook, who apparently made a mean blueberry pie.

In her later years she joined a knitting group at the Hunt Community and was known for knitting clothing for newborns.

Funeral services for Tallarico are private.