Obit: Krueger, Mary Margaret (1944 - 1988)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
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Surnames: Becker, Krueger, Lister, Romens, Schwieso, Tuttle

----Source: Find A Grave Index 05/21/2011

Krueger, Mary Margaret (Becker) (30 NOV 1944 - 23 JAN 1988)

Mary Margaret Krueger, 43, Klamath Falls, died Saturday in Klamath Falls, Oregon, following a nine month illness.

Mrs. Krueger was born Nov. 30, 1944, in Colby, Wis., to Wilbur and Margaret Becker. She graduated from Colby High School in 1962.

In 1965, she graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Marshfield, Wis. She then entered the nursing profession and worked for two years at each of two hospitals, St. Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis., and St Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. She next was administrator and director of nursing at Colby Nursing Home in Colby for eight years.

She was married to Russell Krueger in Colby Dec. 28, 1968. They moved to Klamath Falls in 1977.

Mrs. Krueger served as nursing supervisor at Merle West Medical Center, assistant director of nursing for Klamath County Convalescent Center, and for the past two years, as office nurse for Dr. Everett Howard.

She was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church.

Survivors include her husband, Russell Krueger, Klamath Falls; son, Erick Krueger, Klamath Falls; daughter, Kari Krueger, Klamath Falls, parents, Wilbur and Margaret Becker, Colby; brothers, David Becker, Mt Horeb, Wis., John Becker, Unity, Wis., and Alan Becker, Colorado Springs, Colo.; sisters, Dottie Tuttle, Nekoosa, Wis., Cathy Schwieso, Menasha, Wis., Geri Romens, Pittsville, Wis., and Peggy Lister, Seoul, Korea.

Cremation was held at Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens, Klamath Falls, Oregon, inurnment St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Colby, Wisconsin.