NORTHWOOD - William DeWayne Kruse, 71, of 1074 430th St., Northwood, died Sunday (Nov. 21, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, rural Kensett, with the Rev. Selmer Hernes officiating. Burial will be in Elk Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today at Elk Creek Lutheran Church and then one hour before service time Tuesday. Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, is in charge of services.
William was born May 7, 1928, in rural Manly, the son of Homer and Alice (Stehn) Kruse. He was confirmed and baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, Manly. He attended Brookfield #5 school and then graduated from Kensett High School in 1946.
He worked for Steffenson garage in Manly and later for various farmers in the area until he started farming with his father.
He married Dolores Maybee on Nov. 13, 1949, at St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, by Rev. Robert Jacobs. They have lived on the current farm since 1956. He joined Elk Creek Lutheran Church in 1957, where he had been very active. He was a 4-H leader and 4-H sheep superintendent for many years at the Worth County Fair. He was the scale man at the Northwood Sale Barn and also was on the Kensett Library Board. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and being with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Grandfather - William M. "Willie" Stehn
Grandmother - Christiana Marie (Stehn) Stehn
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, rural Kensett, with the Rev. Selmer Hernes officiating. Burial will be in Elk Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today at Elk Creek Lutheran Church and then one hour before service time Tuesday. Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, is in charge of services.
William was born May 7, 1928, in rural Manly, the son of Homer and Alice (Stehn) Kruse. He was confirmed and baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, Manly. He attended Brookfield #5 school and then graduated from Kensett High School in 1946.
He worked for Steffenson garage in Manly and later for various farmers in the area until he started farming with his father.
He married Dolores Maybee on Nov. 13, 1949, at St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, by Rev. Robert Jacobs. They have lived on the current farm since 1956. He joined Elk Creek Lutheran Church in 1957, where he had been very active. He was a 4-H leader and 4-H sheep superintendent for many years at the Worth County Fair. He was the scale man at the Northwood Sale Barn and also was on the Kensett Library Board. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and being with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Grandfather - William M. "Willie" Stehn
Grandmother - Christiana Marie (Stehn) Stehn
NORTHWOOD - William DeWayne Kruse, 71, of 1074 430th St., Northwood, died Sunday (Nov. 21, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, rural Kensett, with the Rev. Selmer Hernes officiating. Burial will be in Elk Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today at Elk Creek Lutheran Church and then one hour before service time Tuesday. Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, is in charge of services.
William was born May 7, 1928, in rural Manly, the son of Homer and Alice (Stehn) Kruse. He was confirmed and baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, Manly. He attended Brookfield #5 school and then graduated from Kensett High School in 1946.
He worked for Steffenson garage in Manly and later for various farmers in the area until he started farming with his father.
He married Dolores Maybee on Nov. 13, 1949, at St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, by Rev. Robert Jacobs. They have lived on the current farm since 1956. He joined Elk Creek Lutheran Church in 1957, where he had been very active. He was a 4-H leader and 4-H sheep superintendent for many years at the Worth County Fair. He was the scale man at the Northwood Sale Barn and also was on the Kensett Library Board. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and being with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Grandfather - William M. "Willie" Stehn
Grandmother - Christiana Marie (Stehn) Stehn
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, rural Kensett, with the Rev. Selmer Hernes officiating. Burial will be in Elk Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today at Elk Creek Lutheran Church and then one hour before service time Tuesday. Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, is in charge of services.
William was born May 7, 1928, in rural Manly, the son of Homer and Alice (Stehn) Kruse. He was confirmed and baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, Manly. He attended Brookfield #5 school and then graduated from Kensett High School in 1946.
He worked for Steffenson garage in Manly and later for various farmers in the area until he started farming with his father.
He married Dolores Maybee on Nov. 13, 1949, at St. Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church, by Rev. Robert Jacobs. They have lived on the current farm since 1956. He joined Elk Creek Lutheran Church in 1957, where he had been very active. He was a 4-H leader and 4-H sheep superintendent for many years at the Worth County Fair. He was the scale man at the Northwood Sale Barn and also was on the Kensett Library Board. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and being with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Grandfather - William M. "Willie" Stehn
Grandmother - Christiana Marie (Stehn) Stehn
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