Elmer "Al" Krueger

Elmer H. "Al" Krueger, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Arbor Court. Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 14, 2007, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday evening. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 15, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Michael Scudder officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Faith Lutheran Church. Born March 27, 1923, in Wausau, WI, Al was the son of Oscar and Alma Zimmermann Krueger. On June 26, 1955, he married Carol Horn in Janesville, Wisconsin. Al graduated from Wausau High School in 1941. After being drafted into the United States Army in 1943, he served in the European Theatre in France and Germany. Mr. Krueger was a combat veteran in the 63rd Infantry Division. After the war he was stationed in Germany as part of the occupation forces. He was honorably discharged in April of 1946. Following his discharge Al attended the University of Wisconsin in Wausau and Madison, graduating in January of 1950. After graduation he was employed by the J.C. Penney Company for 33 years, working at stores in Madison, Janesville and Beloit, WI, and in St Louis MO. From 1964, to the time of his retirement in 1983, he was the manager of the J. C. Penney Store in Mt. Pleasant, IA. Al was a member of Faith Lutheran Church where he served as president, elder, Sunday School superintendent, teacher and sang in the choir. He taught 6th grade confirmation class for 13 years. Mr. Krueger was also a member of Mt. Pleasant Rotary from 1964-2000, serving as president and secretary. He was honored by being named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International. Al enjoyed gardening, golfing and collecting beer steins. Along with his wife he is survived by two sons, Mark Krueger of Aurora, NE and Barry (Patricia) Krueger of Colorado Springs, CO; one daughter Laurie Larsen of Rockford, IL; five grandchildren; one great-grandson; and two sisters, Florence Radtke of Solon Springs, WI, and Loretta (Franklin) Radke of Wausau, WI. Also surviving are two half-sisters, one niece and four nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother, his stepmother, one half-sister and one half-brother.