IN MEMORIAM

EXPANDED EULOGIES

Susan Froese

A celebration of life and party for Susan Delaine Froese, 73, were at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, on the campus of Koerner Heights Church in Newton. Visitation was 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the church.

Jesus Christ received her from her home in Newton to her glorious home in Heaven on Oct. 25, 2024. Her body was destroyed by dementia, but her spirit was alive in Christ.

Susan was born March 14, 1952, in Dallas, Oregon, to Dr. Henry and Anna Loewen, seemingly conceived on their honeymoon. She is the oldest of seven siblings — five brothers and two sisters.

Susan grew up in a Christian family and accepted Jesus as her personal savior when she was 5 years old.

Her grandmother had died during the night after a long illness, and Susan was fearful that she, too, would die in her sleep.

After several nights of Susan struggling to go to sleep, her mother discovered that fear and shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with her.

Susan trusted in Jesus as her Savior that night, and He became the highest devotion of her life.

She wrote: “I seek to display Jesus’ character and integrity in this walk with the Holy Spirit’s help. I know God has my life and future in His hands, and I seek to glorify Him in every situation.”

Susan sensed God’s call into Christian ministry but was unclear how that would be lived out.

Then, a young man by the name of David Froese showed up at Hillsboro High School. As their friendship grew, God made it clear that she would find fruitful ministry with her own giftedness as the partner, lover, and best friend of Dave.

God blessed them with 53 years of marriage and four sons: Seth, Joshua, Andrew, and Luke.

Susan, an all-state vocalist, graduated from Hillsboro High School with honors and attended Tabor College until she made the decision to give up her dream of being an elementary home economics teacher and serve with Dave in seven different pastorates in California, Oklahoma, and Kansas over the next 50 years.

Susan had a servant attitude, a loving spirit, and a determined work ethic. Besides her devotion to Jesus, her family, and the church, the Holy Spirit marvelously gifted her as a teacher and leader.

She participated with numerous church worship teams as they accepted the challenge to move to more contemporary styles of music.

She was artistic with arts and crafts, crocheting, embroidery, sewing, painting, and cooking. She led numerous vacation Bible schools, Sunday school classes, children’s musical productions, drama teams, baptism and growth classes, and school classes.

Her father trained her as a dental assistant, but she had a heart for discipling children.

Susan established a day care in her home and enjoyed loving on babies. Susan wrote curriculum for a kindergarten after-school program, children’s baptism and growth class, and home economics for junior high students.

She took medical retirement as a teaching assistant in 2020 from Sunset Elementary School in Newton.

Frontotemporal dementia took away her speech and slowly entrapped her in a brain that was dying. She was determined to fight through it until our Heavenly Father released her from her body to live eternally in His presence.

Susan loved her sons and daughters-in-law and 12 grandchildren. She enjoyed making sure their bodies were filled with good food and tasty snacks. She was the snack grandma.

Left to share in her life are her husband Dave and their four sons and daughters-in-law: Seth and Liberty of Edmond, Oklahoma; Joshua and Sara of Wichita; Andrew and Laura of Edmond; and Luke and Carrie of Centennial, Colorado.

Other survivors include “chosen” daughter and son-in-law Vicki and Charley Moore of El Dorado; grandsons Noah, Kannon, Jake, Rayph, Eli, Miles, Gideon, Case, and Judah; and granddaughters Bethany, Elena, and Kaliyah.

Above are listed some of the things that the Holy Spirit accomplished through Susan’s life. But the thing that matters the most is that Jesus Christ is glorified.

As Paul wrote in Philippians, “Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ.”

He is everything. For His glory, she lived and died.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Koerner Heights Church’s community outreach fund or Hope Women’s Center in Newton in care of Jost Funeral Home, PO Box 266, Hillsboro KS 67063.

Online condolences at www.jostfuneralhome.com.