Services For Emma Kruger Held Tuesday

Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church north of Arlington, for Mrs. Emma Kruger, 95.

Mrs. Kruger died Saturday at the Good Shepherd Home in Blair.

She was born March 10, 1881 at Spiker in Washington County. She lived in Fontanelle until moving to Arlington in 1943.

Mrs. Kruger was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid.

She was married to Frank Kruger on June 20, 1906. He preceded her in death in 1968.

Survivors include a son, Leslie of Omaha; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Nelson and Mrs. Clara Gosker, both of Blair; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Reckmeyer Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be given to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery.

Memorial Folder

In Memory of MRS. FRANK (EMMA) KRUGER

March 10, 1881 Spiker, Nebraska December 11, 1976 Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Services: 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 14, 1976 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Arlington, Nebraska

Officiating: Pastor Robert Backhus

Organist: Mr. George Bluma

Music: The Funeral Congregation Will Sing: Hymn No. 370 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less; Hymn No. 200 I Know That My Redeemer Lives

The Church Choir Will Sing Hymn #457 What A Friend We Have In Jesus

PALLBEARERS: Herald Sheets, Glenn Giesselmann, Raymond Wilkening, Rolland Nelson, Jon Kruger, Kelly Kruger

Interment: St. Paul’s Cemetery Arlington, Nebraska

Arrangements by Reckmeyer Funeral Home

EMMA KRUGER

Emma Kruger was born March 10, 1881 on a farm near the community of Spiker in Washington County, Nebraska. She was the daughter of William and Minnie (Altenbernd) Flake.

She was united in Holy Matrimony with Frank Kruger on June 20, 1906. The couple farmed 3 miles south of Fontanelle, Nebraska until moving to Arlington in 1943. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid. Frank Kruger passed away March 2, 1968. Emma passed away early Saturday morning, December 11, 1976 at the Good Shepherd Home in Blair, Nebraska, at the age of 95 years, 9 months and 1 day. She is survived by her son Leslie Kruger; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ella Nelson and Mrs. Clara Gosker; 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~