MRS. KRUGER DIES

Mrs. Henry Kruger, an old resident of Washington County, died at her home south of Fontanelle at 2:30 p.m. last Tuesday. Mrs. Kruger had been ill for a long period and for the past several weeks had been in a very feeble condition. Funeral services were held Thursday taking place at the house at 1 p.m., and at the Brown Creek* Lutheran church at 2 p.m.

Mrs. Kruger came to Dodge county from Quincy, Ill., where she resided during the period of her first marriage. She was married to Mr. Kruger about twenty-five years ago. Both had children at the time. Mrs. Kruger is survived by six children, Mrs. Steinbeck, of Quincy, Ill.; Mrs. Tyndall Lyon, of Fontanelle; Andrew Gross, of Fremont; Mrs. Rudolph Stark, of Dodge county; and Misses Lottie and Hattie Kruger, who reside at the home near Fontanelle.

• Brown Creek is now St Paul’s Lutheran Church, north of Arlington

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