KRUGER, Lavonne Dorothy "Bonnie" 1931-2008

KRUGER, TRETTIN, SCHULTZ

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/25/2008 at 16:31:53

Lavonne "Bonnie" Dorothy Kruger, age 77, of Grafton, Worth County, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services were held on Friday, June 20, 2008, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton with Rev. Wayne Ellingson and Irmgard Ellingson, Associate in Ministry, officiating. Burial was in St. John's Cemetery, Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa.

Bonnie was born on March 1, 1931, a mile and a half east of Grafton, in Worth County, Iowa, to Art and Dora (Schultz) Trettin. She was baptized March 21, 1931, and on March 25, 1945, was confirmed in her faith at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton. She graduated from St. Ansgar (Iowa) High School in 1949. On September 7, 1951, she was united in marriage with Elery Kruger at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. She was a devoted and active lifelong member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton. She taught Sunday school for 25 years and was a longtime member and officer of the Emmanuel Women of the ELCA. Bonnie was a Worth County Homemaker Health Aide for 19 years, a certified nurse aide at the Good Samaritan Home in St. Ansgar for seven years, and a morning cook at the Gobbler's Roost in Grafton. She loved her family and her many friends, enjoyed cooking for her guys, and keeping up her acreage.

Bonnie is survived by her five sons: Thomas Kruger of Grafton, James and Rose Kruger of Grafton, Mike and Jeanie Kruger of Grand Junction, Colorado, Joel and Julie Kruger of St. Ansgar, and Jon Kruger and his friend, Susan, of Aurora, Indiana; her nine grandchildren: Tim, Chris, Lynn, Jamy and his wife, Holly, Jessena, Lindsey, Kory, Kelsi, and Stacey; one great-granddaughter, Hannah; one great-grandson, Zack; two step-granddaughters: Noelle Blair and Nicole (Toby) Axelsson; and four step-great-granddaughters: Aubrie and McKenna Blair and Hannah and Emilie Axelsson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elery Kruger, in 1989, and by her parents.

Arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa.

[Posted on www.mcpress.com , Mitchell County Press-News, June 25, 2008]

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