PRUISNER, Kenneth W. 1927-2005

PRUISNER, FREESE, KRUGER

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Date: 7/3/2014 at 09:05:39

Kenneth Wayne Pruisner, 78, of Dike, died September 17, at the Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. Funeral services were September 20, at Colfax Center Presbyterian Church, Holland. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family.

Kenneth was born near Stout on February 24, 1927, son of Henry P. and Grace M. (Freese) Pruisner. He graduated from the Dike High School in 1945. On February 3, 1949, he was united in marriage to Berdene Kruger at the Colfax Center Parsonage near Holland. Kenneth farmed in the Holland and Dike area until retiring in 1991. He was a member of the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are his six daughters and their husbands: Nancy and Gary Heronimus of Hudson, Shiela and Jim Luiken of Grundy Center, Peggy and Curt Stahl of Holland, Joan and Carroll Troe of Aplington, Jill and Randy Konken of Dike, and Darcy and Kevin Gage of Holland; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a brother, Donald and his wife Leona Pruisner of Dike; a brother and sister-in-law, Orlen and Dorthea Kruger of Fern; and four sisters-in-law, Arelene Pruisner of Aplington, Annette Flater of Holland, Anona Arends of Reinbeck, and Marlys Klinehart of Cedar Falls.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Berdene; his parents; two granddaughters, Amanda Stahl and Jamie Heronimus; a brother, Gordon Pruisner; a sister, LaVonne Bell; and an infant brother and sister.

--The Grundy Register/Dike Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 22 September 2005, pg 8