Frederick Richard Quant

Frederick Richard Quant, age 66 and a long-time resident of Shoreview, MN, was called home to Jesus on Friday, August 26, 2022. He is preceded in death by his loving parents Roger Edward Quant, Elaine Emma Quant, his brothers Roger and David Quant.Fred was born in St. Paul on February 15, 1956. He grew up in Oakdale, MN. His early education began in a one room school house. While attending Stillwater High School he was also attending 916 Vo-Tech Institute 2 hours daily for his junior and senior years. During the summer he continued his vocational education in Electronics, Television and Radio Repair. During high school he was employed by Wilco Inc. Stillwater as an interface designer of safety controls installed on mechanical press equipment. As a 1974 graduate of Stillwater High School he also received his Degree of Occupational Proficiency in Electronics, Television and Radio Repair from 916 Vo-Tech Institute , completing the 2100 hour individualized instruction course in a record 960 hours. His Vo-Tech administrators quoted him in a newspaper article at that time saying," Truly, Quant is an 18 year old with determination to succeed in the pursuit of his goal." Fred also held a 1st class F.C.C. license beginning in these years. Fred worked for a year after high school, then enrolled in the University of MN Institute of Technology, majoring in electrical engineering. After graduation from the University of MN Fred began his career with TSI in particle research and design of particle instrumentation. He loved working with Gil, Pat, Pete, Rob, Carl, Gail, Charlie, Stan, Jim, Beau and so many others. He loved the team of designers and the production workers. All were important to him. He enjoyed "Geek Lunches" whether on zoom or in the park with these co-workers even after retirement.Fred was well known and respected in the aerosol particle research field and holds seven patents on inventions. He kept Postit notes in various places throughout the house and on his bedside night stand so he could write down any ideas and formulas that would come to him at all hours. One highlight for Fred was being invited to Chicago for being celebrated as one of the Top 100 Inventors of the year. A secret ambition of his was wanting to be an astronaut. Although that career never " took off" one of his instruments did go into space with NASA and he enjoyed having a security clearance at NASA for that project time. He was an arm chair astronaut following Space-X developments daily.Fred and Debbie were married on October 25,1980 and thank the Lord for 42 wonderful years together. Although we both loved each other, our first love was always for Jesus Christ. We met at the University of MN through a noon time prayer and praise bag lunch Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Club. Fred loved music and loved to sing in the church choir. We surprised our wedding guests and our parents when we began our wedding ceremony singing a duet. Fred played the French horn as a teenager and later taught himself some trumpet (I gave him a mute for Christmas that year since he seemed inspired to practice late at night). He took piano lessons and most recently was teaching himself ukulele. He home-educated his children teaching the tougher math and physics courses in the evenings after he came home from his day job. Fred was a senior scientist, inventor, and life long learner. He committed his life to Christ and became born again when his older brother Roger clearly explained the Gospel to him. Fred's life was molded in his early years as he wanted to imitate his older brother who had given his life to youth ministry in the inner city of Minneapolis. As a teen Fred was on the evangelism committee at Redeemer Baptist Church, and his family were charter members of the church. For most of his adult years Fred served on the missions committees and facilitated adult Bible studies each Sunday. The last few Sundays he was alive and in church he had stepped down from adult teaching in order to help me teach Sunday School to the younger children. He believed it was just as important to serve the younger ages and was willing to role play "Pharoah" in our Moses teaching series. He loved preparing Thanksgiving baskets and delivering them to folks in need as well as doing visitation in homes and hospitals. Fred was very relational. He enjoyed square dancing because I enjoyed it and because of all the friends we met through this activity. He was always thinking with "eternal" perspective and since people are eternal that is where his highest priorities lay. He enjoyed amateur radio for this reason too, thinking that many in radio may be isolated and needing voice contact. Fred prioritized his time with family. He prayed and spent as much time as possible with his four children, then the nine grandchildren. He took early retirement with the goal of investing in the life of each of them and doing volunteer work with Grace Way Chinese Christian School. He became a board member of this school and enjoyed using his skill set in this new area. At the time of his death he was building a wood cabinet with daughter Jenna, while doing 3-D printing projects with son Josiah( making a card shuffler) and grandson Carl (making a propeller) as well as building radio kits with Carl, assisting son Jacob with engineering projects, all the while replacing rotted fence pieces and lawn swings...you get the idea...he will be greatly missed by us all --not just for what he did for us, but for how he cared for us so tenderly just for who we were. Thank God for my loving faithful husband, dad, and granddad. He was an early finisher and now is in Heaven with his Lord, so as I grieve and miss him here I also rejoice that he ran the race of faith so well and set a high bar for us to follow. His legacy lives on through our children who are so helpful and available to me. God is good all the time and all the time God is good! Fred is survived by wife, Debora; children John(Holly), Jacob(Samantha), Josiah(Natali), and Jenna; his nine grandchildren; Joelle, Eleanor, Carl, Jocelyn, Zoe, Lydia, Elizabeth, Theodore, and Natsuki; his sister, Geneva Sieckert (Dave); and his Honorary Son, Samuel Nunes(Nathalia). Memorial service: 11 am Wednesday September 7th, visitation 10-11 am at Redeemer Baptist Church, 2479 Geneva Ave. N.,Oakdale, MN In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to: Feed My Lambs International, or Compassion International

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Frederick Richard Quant

February 15, 1956 - August 26, 2022

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Frederick Richard Quant

February 15, 1956 - August 26, 2022

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