Esther E. Kruckenberg
Esther E. Kruckenberg, age 84 years, of Great Bend, Kansas, passed away early on Sunday morning, December 16, 2012 at the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center inGreat Bend. Esther was born on December 19, 1927 at Russell, Kansas to Sigmund and Ernestine (Becker) Keil. The family moved to Great Bend in 1940, and she graduated fromGreat Bend High School in 1945. Esther was united in marriage to Lyman L. Kruckenberg on December 15, 1946 at Larned, Kansas, and the couple celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary the day before her death. Esther and Lyman continued to make their home inGreat Bend up to the time of her death. She was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Churchin Great Bend. Esther worked in the laundry at the Great Bend Manor for 19 years, and she enjoyed camping at Lake Wilson and family get-togethers.
Survivors include her husband, Lyman L. Kruckenberg of Great Bend; one son, Martin L. (and his wife, Melinda) Kruckenberg of Buhler, Kansas; one daughter, Jennifer (and her husband, Joe) McLeland of Wichita, Kansas; eleven grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren; three brothers: Melvin, Luther, and Arnold (and his wife, Arlene) Keil, all of Great Bend; one sister, Leona Crotty of Garden City, Kansas. Esther was preceded in death by her parents, one son (Dr. Lyman “Butch” Kruckenberg Jr. in 2001), one brother (Herbert Keil), and one sister (Milda Hopper).
Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at TrinityLutheran Church in Great Bend with Pastor James A. Strasen officiating. There will be no visitation, as cremation has taken place. The family has asked that memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Bend or Envision Foundation in Wichita, Kansas. Online condolences may be left and a full obituary notice may be viewed at https://www.charterfunerals.
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CHARTER FUNERALS
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Great Bend, KS 67530