Janzen, Susan O. Schroeder (1906-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 May 1 p. 11

Birth date: 1906 Feb 23

text of obituary:

MRS. SUSAN O. JANSEN

Mrs. Susan O. Janzen, daughter of Jacob D. and Maria Friesen Schroeder, was born at Mt. Lake, Minn. on Feb. 23, 1906. She received her education in the Mt. Lake schools, Freeman Junior College and Mankato Teachers College.

In August 1920, she was baptized and became a member of the Bethel Mennonite Church of Mt. lake.

On Aug. 19, 1934, she became the wife of Jacob J. Janzen of Henderson, Neb. where they made their home until 1952 and where she joined the Bethesda Church. Through marriage she was accepted as the mother of Verna, Wilma, Victor and Curtis.

In 1952, the family moved to Fresno, Calif. where they became charter members of the Mennonite Community Church and Mr. Janzen became the first deacon. He preceded her in death in July 1966. In March 1972 she entered Sierra View Homes in Reedley, where she entered her eternal rest on April 4, 1975, after a cerebral thrombosis preceded by other illnesses.

She taught in the Mt. Lake and Freeman areas and in the Henderson Bible School. She was always active in the work of the church and community and as a piano teacher. She was a challenging Sunday school teacher, superintendent, pianist, soloist, and choir director. She served as an officer in the various women's groups in the Northern, Western and General conferences. She and her husband did much visitation to the ill, the aged, and the lonely.

She is survived by three children: Verna and husband Howard Epp of Fresno, Victor and wife Pearl of Reedley, Curtis and wife Dorothy of Baltimore, Md.; a son-in-law, Samuel Wall of Lincoln, Neb. (her daughter Wilma preceded her in death only a few weeks ago); 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Jacob (Elizabeth) Quiring of Dallas, ore., and one brother, Leonard, Mt. Lake, Minn.

In addition to her husband and daughter Wilma, she was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers.