KROEGER, Camilla Esther (Reit) 1918-2009

REIT, KROEGER, JENSEN, LEWIS

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 11/25/2012 at 16:48:59

Kroeger, Camilla

Home Town: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Deceased Date: Wed., November 4, 2009

Visitation: Fri., Nov. 6, 2009
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Porter Funeral Home
1704 15th St.
Rock Valley, Iowa

Service: Fri., Nov. 6, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Porter Funeral Home
1704 15th St.
Rock Valley, Iowa

Obituary:

Council Bluffs, Iowa: Camilla Kroeger, 91, formerly of Alvord, Iowa and Glenwood, Iowa, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at Woodlands Rehab Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Friday at Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa. Burial will be at Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Alvord. Reverend Carla Jensen will officiate. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.

Camilla Esther Reit was born October 14, 1918 to Herman and Emma (Jensen) Reit in Alvord. She was united in marriage to Alvin Kroeger on October 12, 1940 in Larchwood, Iowa. Together they owned and operated Kroeger's Cafe in Alvord. Alvin died May 13, 1981. Camilla lived in Alvord until 1984 when she moved to Glenwood, Iowa to be closer to her grandchildren. She then moved to Woodlands Rehab Center in 2004 due to health reasons. Camilla enjoyed crocheting, needlepoint, reading, crossword puzzles, playing cards, baking and spoiling her grandchildren

Camilla is survived by her daughter, Diane (Kenneth) Lewis of Council Bluffs; two grandchildren: Shari (Mel) Mullennax of Glenwood, Iowa and Mark (Peggy) Schmahl of Lake Forest, Calif.; five great-grandchildren: Derek, Heath and Jared Mullennax, Nathaniel Schmahl and Nicole Youngblood; one great-great grandson, Jeremiah Mullennax; brother, Herman (Cleo) Reit of Citrus Heights, Calif.; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alvin; son, Dennis Kroeger; sister, Irene Shemmel.

[Source: Porter Funeral Home website]

Lyon Obituaries maintained by Cindy Booth Maher.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen