1912
Elmer
2006
Elmer Kruger
July 25, 1912 — October 22, 2006
Funeral services for longtime Twin Brooks, SD,
resident, Elmer D. Kruger, age 94, of Watertown, SD, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmot. The Reverend DeVern Schwenn will officiate. Elmer died on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Jenkins Living Center in Watertown. Family members are asked to meet in the church chapel by 1:30 p.m. Thursday to attend services. The organist will be Sharon Ammann. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Visitation will continue in the church on Thursday one hour before services. Pallbearerswill be Melbourne McCrea, Sievert Dammer, Marlin F. Schmidt, Kenneth Wiese, Orgene McCrea, and Lester Schimmel. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Elmer was born on July 25, 1912, at Twin Brooks, SD, the son of Martin and May (Stevens) Kruger. He lived with his parents on their farm in Kilborn Township near Twin Brooks along with one brother and five sisters.
He was united in marriage to Kathryn Begeman on September 13, 1936, at the rural Twin Brooks Zion Presbyterian Church parsonage in a double ring ceremony with his sister Violetta and Floyd Runge.
Elmer was actively engaged in farming in the Twin Brooks area until the age of seventy-five. His farming operation began with horses in 1935. In the mid-40's he and his brother bought a threshing machine and had a threshing run until the early 1950's when he gave in to the combine. Horses, however, remained his hobby, still breaking horses at age seventy-five. After retiring, he helped his grandson David on the farm.
He was a lifetime member of the Zion Presbyterian Church in Twin Brooks, church treasurer for fifty years, and a church elder for many years. He was dedicated to God and his family. He also served on the Whetstone Valley Electric Coop Board of Directors for several years. In January 2004 he moved to Meadow Lake Assisted Living in Watertown, SD. On October 10, 2006 he was transferred to the hospital in Watertown and then entered Jenkins Living Center where he lived for six days before his death.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law Elmer and Charlene Kruger, Watertown; Norma Kruger, Twin Brooks; his grandchildren, spouses and great grandchildren: Monica and Greg Rachwal, Gaia and Tage, Minneapolis, MN; David and Nancy Kruger and Maggie, Twin Brooks; DeLyle and Wendy Kruger, Blake and Wyatt, Watertown; and Kathy and Wayne Hammond, Watertown; two sisters, Aloha King and husband Russell Jacobsen, Sioux Falls, and Delores and Kenneth Fritz, Mendota Heights, MN.
Elmer was preceded in death by his wife Kathryn, his parents, his brother Lloyd, and three sisters: Lillian Snell, Violetta Runge, and Alvina Runge.
resident, Elmer D. Kruger, age 94, of Watertown, SD, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmot. The Reverend DeVern Schwenn will officiate. Elmer died on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Jenkins Living Center in Watertown. Family members are asked to meet in the church chapel by 1:30 p.m. Thursday to attend services. The organist will be Sharon Ammann. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Visitation will continue in the church on Thursday one hour before services. Pallbearerswill be Melbourne McCrea, Sievert Dammer, Marlin F. Schmidt, Kenneth Wiese, Orgene McCrea, and Lester Schimmel. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery.
Elmer was born on July 25, 1912, at Twin Brooks, SD, the son of Martin and May (Stevens) Kruger. He lived with his parents on their farm in Kilborn Township near Twin Brooks along with one brother and five sisters.
He was united in marriage to Kathryn Begeman on September 13, 1936, at the rural Twin Brooks Zion Presbyterian Church parsonage in a double ring ceremony with his sister Violetta and Floyd Runge.
Elmer was actively engaged in farming in the Twin Brooks area until the age of seventy-five. His farming operation began with horses in 1935. In the mid-40's he and his brother bought a threshing machine and had a threshing run until the early 1950's when he gave in to the combine. Horses, however, remained his hobby, still breaking horses at age seventy-five. After retiring, he helped his grandson David on the farm.
He was a lifetime member of the Zion Presbyterian Church in Twin Brooks, church treasurer for fifty years, and a church elder for many years. He was dedicated to God and his family. He also served on the Whetstone Valley Electric Coop Board of Directors for several years. In January 2004 he moved to Meadow Lake Assisted Living in Watertown, SD. On October 10, 2006 he was transferred to the hospital in Watertown and then entered Jenkins Living Center where he lived for six days before his death.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law Elmer and Charlene Kruger, Watertown; Norma Kruger, Twin Brooks; his grandchildren, spouses and great grandchildren: Monica and Greg Rachwal, Gaia and Tage, Minneapolis, MN; David and Nancy Kruger and Maggie, Twin Brooks; DeLyle and Wendy Kruger, Blake and Wyatt, Watertown; and Kathy and Wayne Hammond, Watertown; two sisters, Aloha King and husband Russell Jacobsen, Sioux Falls, and Delores and Kenneth Fritz, Mendota Heights, MN.
Elmer was preceded in death by his wife Kathryn, his parents, his brother Lloyd, and three sisters: Lillian Snell, Violetta Runge, and Alvina Runge.