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Everett Kruckenberg
EVERETT H. KRUCKENBERG
Lowden
Everett H. Kruckenberg, 88, died Sunday, March 5, 2016, at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
Everett was born Sept. 24, 1928, in Lowden, Iowa, to Richard and Alma Kohlhoff Kruckenberg. He married Ruth Nieting on May 13, 1967, in Lowden.
Survivors include his wife Ruth; brothers, Delbert (Doris) and Virgil of Lowden; sisters, Arlene (Orville) Wulf and Eunice Boedeker of Lowden; and sister-in-law, Donna Kruckenberg of Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Allen.
Everett was an Army veteran serving his country during the Korean War. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden, a life-long member of the Lowden AMVETS and was on the Cedar County Veterans Affairs board for 27 years.
Online condolences may be sent to www.chapmanfh.com.
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