Beau Shroyer Death, Obituary: Detroit Lakes man “Beau Shroyer” killed on mission trip in Angola

Beau Shroyer, a Detroit Lakes missionary, was killed in Angola, Africa, on Friday, October 25, according to Lakes Area Vineyard Lead Pastor Troy Easton’s notice.

The message, issued to the Lakes Area Vineyard congregation, explains that Shroyer was killed in an act of violence while on mission, and that the facts of the incident are unknown at this time.

Shroyer had a wife and five kids.

“Moments like these create so many unanswerable questions for us and it adds to the pain to know that we may never understand why our Father has allowed something like this to happen,” Easton’s email stated. “And yet, amidst the shock and grief, we must not forget the truths found in the scriptures that point to His wise, merciful, gracious, faithful, trustworthy, and always loving character as well as the truth that Beau was a man who, because of his love for the Lord, gave His life to pointing the lost, the hurting, the desperate and the broken to the God who rescued, saved and transformed his life.”

Shroyer joined the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013 and later became a real estate agent in the region. In 2021, he, his wife, and their five children will relocate to Africa to become missionaries. They’ve been there since.

Shroyer described the region as a “remote bush village” without electricity, sewer, or water facilities.