Obit: Krucker, Leonard (1886 -
1964)
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Surnames: Krucker, Marks, Giles,
Schultz
----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 22
Oct 1964
Krucker, Leonard (12 OCT 1886 - 14 OCT 1964)
Funeral
services for Leonard Krucker, 78, of rural Unity, were held Sunday afternoon at
2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church at Colby.
Mr. Krucker died Wednesday
afternoon, Oct. 14, 1964, at his home in the town of Hull.
The Rev.
Harold Woodworth officiated at the services and at the burial, which took place
at Colby Memorial Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carl Stewart, Wilbur
Stewart, Arthur Stewart, Robert Stewart Jr., Olin Thompson and George Osterhaus.
The body lay in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby from Friday
evening until Sunday.
Leonard Marion Krucker was born Oct. 12, 1886 in
the town of Hill in Marathon County.
He was educated in local schools.
On June 12, 1912 he was married to the former Mathilda Marks, who preceded
him in death on May 26, 1945.
Mr. Krucker farmed on his home farm until
1945, when his won-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schultz, took over
the farm.
He then worked part of the time and did some traveling,
spending one winter in Arizona and another in Texas. From 1952 to 1954 he worked
at Clearfield, Utah, at an airforce base.
He spent the last years of his
life on the farm of his birth with Mr. and Mrs. Schultz.
He was a member
of the Zion Lutheran Church at Colby.
Surviving are a son, Earl Krucker,
West Allis; two daughters, Mrs. Claude (Norma) Giles of Wausau and Mrs. Clarence
(Verna) Schultz of Unity. There are 20 grandchildren and one
great-grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters also survive.
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