Jesus Christ received Susan Delaine (Loewen) Froese from her home in Newton to her glorious home in heaven on October 25, 2024, at the age of 72. Her body was destroyed by Dementia, but
her spirit was alive in Christ. Susan was born in Dallas, Oregon to Dr. Henry and Anna Loewen on March 14th, 1952, seemingly conceived on their honeymoon. She is the oldest of seven siblings, 5 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 died during the night, after a long illness, and she was fearful that she too would die in her sleep. After
several nights of 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 and 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 was a Kansas 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 7 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 & 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 & 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, 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 4 sons and daughters-in-law: Seth and Liberty of Edmond, OK, Joshua and Sara of
Wichita, KS, Andrew and Laura of Edmond, OK, and Luke and Carrie of Centennial, CO; one "chosen" daughter, Vicki and Charley Moore, of El Dorado, KS; 9 grandsons: Noah, Kannon, Jake, Rayph, Eli, Miles, Gideon, Case,
and Judah; and 3 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. The Celebration of Life Service will take place on Tuesday (10/29) at 7:00 pm on the campus of Koerner Heights Church in Newton, with a party to follow. Visitation is available at Koerner Heights Church, Monday evening
from 5-7. 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 P.O. Box 266 Hillsboro, KS 67063. Online condolences
at www.jostfuneralhome.com
