KRUGER, Velma Kapka 1833-2005

KRUGER, KAPKA, LUBBERT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/1/2009 at 17:59:51

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Velma Kruger

RICEVILLE, IOWA — Velma Kruger, 72, of Riceville died on Friday (Aug. 5, 2005) at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Riceville, with the Rev. Michael Parris officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery in Rice-ville.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Riceville and one hour before services at the church on Wednesday.

Lindstrom Funeral Home, (641) 985-2242.

[Globe Gaz.]

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OBITUARY: Velma Marie (Kapka) Kruger, 1933-2005, Mitchell Co., Iowa

Velma Marie Kruger

Funeral services for Velma Marie Kruger, 72, of Riceville, Iowa, were held on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Riceville, with Rev. Michael Parris officiating.

Velma passed away on Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn.

Velma was born on May 17, 1933 in Riceville, Iowa to Julius and Gertrude (Lubbert) Kapka. She was baptized and confirmed at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church. Velma graduated from Riceville High School in 1952. She worked in the First National bank in Riceville after graduation from high school until she married Donald Kruger in 1957. To this union two sons were born. She moved about the USA and overseas with her husband until he retired from the Air Force in 1982. They returned to live in Riceville in 1986.

Velma was preceded in death by her parents and one brother La Verne in 1986.

Survivors include her husband, Donald of Riceville, two sons Keith A. Kruger of Wichita Falls, Texas and Eugene and his wife La Nell Kruger of Wichita Falls, Texas, one brother, Orville Kapka of Riceville, Iowa and two sisters: Wilma Gesell of Elma, Iowa and Velda Myers of Riceville, Iowa.

Lindstrom Funeral Home, Riceville is in charge of arrangements.

[ Posted Aug. 10, 2005 on www.mcpress.com (Mitchell County Press-News) ]