Donald James Krueger, Strong City
1945 - 2007
STRONG CITY
The service to celebrate the life of Donald James “Jim” Krueger will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls. The Rev. Rick Smith of the First Baptist Church in Cottonwood Falls will conduct the service. Mr. Krueger will be cremated after the service, with inurnment to be in Halstead Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice or the American Red Cross may be sent in care of the funeral home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845.
Messages to the family may be left at www.brown-bennett-alexander.com.
Mr. Krueger died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at his home in Strong City. He was 62.
He worked many years as a trucker, including driving for Dolly Madison. He was a machine operator at Cable Tech, where he had worked since the opening of the factory six years ago.
The son of Fred C. and Delia Dee White Krueger, he was born March 20, 1945, at Emporia. He married Carolyn Childers. They were divorced. He married Beverly Bea Hughes in 1978 at Cottonwood Falls. She died in 2000.
Mr. Krueger is survived by four sons, Shane Krueger of Herington, Jerry Moore of Newton, Patrick Moore of Magnolia, Texas, and Richard Childers of Houston, Texas; four daughters, Delia Dee Krueger of Emporia, Donna Evans of Cottonwood Falls, Karen Hopkins of Newton and Teresa Vandergrift of Wichita; two brothers, Chris Krueger and Richard Krueger, both of Texas; one sister, Patricia O’Brien of Wichita; 18 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. His parents; a brother, Glen Krueger; and two grandchildren died earlier.