On Sunday, February 26, 2023, in Manhattan, Kansas, Susan Weaver, beloved wife and mother, passed into eternity.
Born in Manhattan, Kansas on January 31, 1951, to Jim and June Johns, she worked in her father’s creamery, John’s Creamery, from kindergarten until her graduation from Kansas State University in 1973 with a BS degree in education. After graduation, Susan taught two years of special education in Greenleaf, Kansas.
On January 8, 1977, she married Tracy Weaver and began a 46 year long honeymoon. She had “Ruth 1:16-17” inscribed on Tracy’s wedding band which includes these words from the Bible, “Wherever you go, I will go, wherever you live, I will live…” During their marriage, Susan and Tracy were blessed with five children and lived in Salina, Kansas, Louisville, Kentucky, Nashville, Tennessee, Dyersberg, Tennessee, Newbern, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, Ottawa, Kansas, finally returning to Manhattan, Kansas in 1998.
At every new location, the Weavers made lifelong friendships at church and in the community. Susan put her education degree to use by homeschooling all five of their children, and each one went on to graduate from the Kansas State University College of Engineering.
Known for her generous heart, in Susan’s craft room, you would find quilting, lacemaking, crochet, needlework and knitting projects, which were then given to family and friends or donated to charity. After her children graduated from high school, and her homeschooling job was completed, Susan did not retire, but continued to teach others, tutoring young women so they would pass the exam to receive their GED. Over the years, Susan and Tracy led many small groups at their church, encouraging individuals and couples to live lives of Christian faith and integrity. Above all else, Susan’s goal was to follow the example of Jesus by loving God and serving others. Those who know Susan would agree that she met that goal in her own quiet, gentle, yet powerful, way.
Susan will be missed by her many friends and family and is survived by her husband Tracy, children, Ben Weaver (Eaton, CO), Sam, Teresa and grandson Samuel Weaver (Westminster, MD), John Weaver (Olathe, KS), Jim Weaver (Olathe, KS), Abby Weaver (Grandview, MO), mother Betty June Johns (Manhattan, KS), sisters, Nancy Glover (Grand Junction, CO), and Peggy Johns and Marion Tilford (Manhattan, KS), brother Joe and Sharon Johns (Manhattan, KS), nieces and nephews, Brad Glover (Denver, CO), Clinton and Samantha Johns (St. George, KS), Robin Johns Wahl (St. George, KS), grand nieces and nephews, Maisee and Morrison Johns, Avery, Tucker and Cooper Wahl.
Susan is preceded in death by her father, Jim Johns.
The family will receive friends at Westview Community Church on Thursday March 2, 4:00-6:00pm.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Westview Community Church, 615 Gillespie Drive, on Friday, March 3, at 2:00 p.m. with graveside service at Sunset Cemetery to follow.
The livestream link for
Susan’s Celebration Service.
Memorial contributions in memory of Susan may be made to the Westview Community Church Reach Campaign.