Maurice William Krumrey, 89 OCEANSIDE/CARLSBAD -- Master Sgt. Maurice William Krumrey, USMC, (Ret.), husband, father, and devoted Lutheran, passed away on October 26, 2010 after a two-year battle with bone cancer. Born in Libertyville Illinois in 1920, he played on an undefeated high school football team, worked in the CCC and then joined his beloved USMC in 1940, coming to boot camp at San Diego. Sent to the East Coast to help form the 4th Marine Division, he made all four of their landings, culminating with the landing on Iwo Jima, February 19,1945. Seeing the historic flag raising on Mount Suribachi was one of the great thrills of his life. He later fought in Korea from 1952-1953, retiring from the Marines in 1964. He always said that he wanted to retire in Southern California and he did, after working for the City of Oceanside and being a Federal Firefighter on Camp Pendleton. Along the way, he married his pen pal from World War II, Theo June Armson, brother of his best friend in the Corps, killed on Saipan in 1944, who survives him, with Steven Maurice Krumrey and wife Kathy, and Ned William Krumrey and fiancee, Susan Farrell. He touched many lives along the way and now takes his place in the hall of heroes reuniting with fallen comrade, Blake Armson. Funeral will be at Redeemer by the Sea in Carlsbad on November 2 at 10 am. Burial at Eternal Hills in Oceanside at 12:30 p.m.
Published in North County Times (San Diego County, CA) online edition on November 2, 2010
Published in North County Times (San Diego County, CA) online edition on November 2, 2010
Maurice William Krumrey, 89 OCEANSIDE/CARLSBAD -- Master Sgt. Maurice William Krumrey, USMC, (Ret.), husband, father, and devoted Lutheran, passed away on October 26, 2010 after a two-year battle with bone cancer. Born in Libertyville Illinois in 1920, he played on an undefeated high school football team, worked in the CCC and then joined his beloved USMC in 1940, coming to boot camp at San Diego. Sent to the East Coast to help form the 4th Marine Division, he made all four of their landings, culminating with the landing on Iwo Jima, February 19,1945. Seeing the historic flag raising on Mount Suribachi was one of the great thrills of his life. He later fought in Korea from 1952-1953, retiring from the Marines in 1964. He always said that he wanted to retire in Southern California and he did, after working for the City of Oceanside and being a Federal Firefighter on Camp Pendleton. Along the way, he married his pen pal from World War II, Theo June Armson, brother of his best friend in the Corps, killed on Saipan in 1944, who survives him, with Steven Maurice Krumrey and wife Kathy, and Ned William Krumrey and fiancee, Susan Farrell. He touched many lives along the way and now takes his place in the hall of heroes reuniting with fallen comrade, Blake Armson. Funeral will be at Redeemer by the Sea in Carlsbad on November 2 at 10 am. Burial at Eternal Hills in Oceanside at 12:30 p.m.
Published in North County Times (San Diego County, CA) online edition on November 2, 2010
Published in North County Times (San Diego County, CA) online edition on November 2, 2010
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