This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#270165) Mildred May Kruse 1918-2010 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/clayton/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=270165> AUTHOR: Mary Durr DATE: 3/13/2010 at 16:58:27 Surnames: FOLDMAN,HAMMOND,KRUSE,HANSEL,KRUGER,BOLSINGER Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. January 11, 2010 at Bethany Lutheran Church, Elkader, Iowa, with burial in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Clayton Center, Iowa, for Mildred May Kruse who died January 7, 2010. Leonard Funeral, Elkader, assisted the family. Mildred May Kruse, 91, of Elkader, died Thursday, January 7, 2010, at Central Community Hospital in Elkader. She was born July 11, 1918 in Manchester to Nate and Dora (Foldman) Hammond. Mildred grew up around the Communia and Edgewood area. Mildred worked for Myles Coonfare in the Garber/Elkader area where she met her future husband, William Kruse. On June 23, 1936, Mildred and William were united in marriage. They farmed the family farm in Pine Hollow, rural Garber, until they retired from farming in the early 70’s and moved to Clayton Center. Following William’s death, she moved to Elkader. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkader. She loved to quilt, play cards and dance. Vegetable and flower gardening were also things she enjoyed. Mildred is survived by five children, Irvin (Carol) Kruse of St. Olaf, Dorothy (late Loen “Jump") Hansel of Garber, William Jr. (Janet) Kruse of Guttenberg, Maxine (Clair) Kruger of Littleport, Kay (Jim) Bolsinger of Greeley; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a brother, Alvin Hammond; a sister-in-law, Florence Hammond; niece, Barb Hammond; grandson, Darrell Ingles; granddaughter, Melissa Kruse and son-in-law, Loen “Jump” Hansel Extracted from a funeral brochure. Posted for genealogical purposes, contributor is not related.