Albert C. Kruger Jr.

Albert Chris Kruger Jr., age 82, of Carroll and formerly of Glidden went to be home with his Lord and Saviour on July 15, 2015 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Peace Lutheran Church in Glidden with Pastor Alan Miller officiating. Friends may call at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll after 5:00 P.M. on Monday where there will be a prayer service held at 6:30 P.M. The casket will be moved to the church at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday where visitation will resume until the time of service. Organist for the service will be Becky Miller. Casket bearers will be Roger Heithoff, Frank Sullivan, Steele Sullivan, Jody Rohrbeck, Reggy Rohrbeck, and Rick Onken. Burial will be in the Merle Hay Memorial Cemetery near Glidden. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be made to the St. Anthony Regional Hospital Foundation and may be left at the funeral home or the church. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com Born on February 10, 1933 in Carroll, he was the son of Albert Sr. and Viola (Haase) Kruger. Albert, known to most as Junior, grew up on a farm in the Glidden – Ralston area and graduated from high school in 1950. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Upon returning home from his service in the military, he resumed his first love, farming. Later Albert acquired his private pilot’s license, CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) and a commercial pilot’s license which became his second love. Albert could be found many weekends at the Jefferson airport flying and maintaining his Cessna Cardinal, the first of many planes he would own. A devoted son, Albert retired from farming in 1988 to care fulltime for his mother. Albert Jr. was reunited and married to the true love of his life, high school sweetheart Lita McCullom, on July 3, 1996. Together they would spend the next several years committed to and caring for Viola until her death in 2002 and later Marie until her death in 2005. When not caring for his beloved family members, Junior and Lita enjoyed attending concerts, movies, and going to church together. He was a lifelong member of Peace Lutheran Church in Glidden. Their daily ritual was sharing devotions together every morning. A kind, generous, loving, man, Albert Kruger Jr. will be missed by all who had the pleasure to know him. Albert is survived by his loving wife of 19 years, Lita Corrine Kruger; his stepchildren: Cindy Brock and her husband Brad of Midland, TX, Barb Heithoff and her husband Roger of Yankton, SD, Kelle Sullivan and her husband Frank of of Seguin, TX; step grandchildren: Kendra Henseler, Drew Heithoff, Connor Brock, Zoe Brock, Skylar Sullivan, Steele Sullivan; a step great-granddaughter Evelyn; and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, Viola and Albert Kruger, Sr. and sisters: Marie and Doris Kruger.